Polymer/metal sulfide coated hollow waveguides for delivery of Er:YAG laser radiation

Valencia S. Johnson; Bradly Bowden; James A. Harrington

doi:10.1117/12.717313

15 February 2007 Polymer/metal sulfide coated hollow waveguides for delivery of Er:YAG laser radiation

Valencia S. Johnson, Bradly Bowden, James A. Harrington

Proceedings Volume 6433, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications VII; 64330E (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.717313
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Polystyrene (PS) as a low index dielectric material in silver-coated hollow glass waveguides (HGW) has been studied as an alternative to the more conventional Ag/AgI HGWs. Polystyrene was chosen because it has been well characterized and it is easily dissolved in toluene. The waveguides were made using an electroless, wet chemistry technique. The absorbance spectrum for polystyrene indicates it will transmit from 1 to 3 &mgr;m and thus, it is useful at the Er:YAG laser wavelength of 2.94 &mgr;m. For multilayer HGWs, cadmium sulfide is the high index dielectric material.

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Valencia S. Johnson, Bradly Bowden, and James A. Harrington "Polymer/metal sulfide coated hollow waveguides for delivery of Er:YAG laser radiation", Proc. SPIE 6433, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications VII, 64330E (15 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.717313

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