Hollow Tubes For Transmitting IR Laser Energy For Surgery Applications

J. Dror; I. Gannot; N. Croitoru

doi:10.1117/12.951389

2 June 1989 Hollow Tubes For Transmitting IR Laser Energy For Surgery Applications

J. Dror, I. Gannot, N. Croitoru

Proceedings Volume 1048, Infrared Fiber Optics; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951389
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Hollow plastic tubes covered inside with films of metal or metal and dielectric materials were shown to transmit CO2 laser light with high yields. There was only a small influence on the transmission of light by the radius of curvature on the tubes or the input energies. Output energy intensity measurements have shown that, under certain conditions, whispering gallery modes could exist inside the fiber, which gives low attenuation and negligible variations of transmission with bending. This makes this type of fibers suitable for medical applications especially in surgery.

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J. Dror, I. Gannot, and N. Croitoru "Hollow Tubes For Transmitting IR Laser Energy For Surgery Applications", Proc. SPIE 1048, Infrared Fiber Optics, (2 June 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951389

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