Safety Interlocking Laser Output Prior To Optical Fiber Burnback

Ed Sinofsky; Laurence Roth

doi:10.1117/12.950727

14 January 1986 Safety Interlocking Laser Output Prior To Optical Fiber Burnback

Ed Sinofsky, Laurence Roth

Proceedings Volume 0576, Optical Fibers in Medicine and Biology I; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950727
Event: 29th Annual Technical Symposium, 1985, San Diego, United States

Abstract

We have devised a system that will allow the optical sensing of high temperatures associated with the onset of optical fiber burnback, allowing immediate shuttering of the laser source. The shutter is triggered by an amplified signal obtained from the detected blackbody radiation that propagates back through the same fiber used to deliver the therapeutic laser energy. We will present some theory on the burnback phenomenon, describe the experimental setup used and discuss the results obtained.

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Ed Sinofsky and Laurence Roth "Safety Interlocking Laser Output Prior To Optical Fiber Burnback", Proc. SPIE 0576, Optical Fibers in Medicine and Biology I, (14 January 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950727

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