Simultaneous irradiation of Er:YAG and Ho:YAG lasers for efficient ablation of hard tissues

Tomonori Watanabe; Katsumasa Iwai; Yuji Matsuura

doi:10.1117/12.807910

Simultaneous irradiation of Er:YAG and Ho:YAG lasers for efficient ablation of hard tissues

Tomonori Watanabe, Katsumasa Iwai, Yuji Matsuura

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Abstract

Hard tissues are irradiated with combined beam of Er:YAG and Ho:YAG lasers to achieve highly efficient ablation with lower laser power. We controlled the delay time between pulses of the two lasers and irradiated alumina ceramic balls that are used as hard tissue samples. By optimizing the delay time, the combined laser beam provides 40% higher perforation depth compared with the result with independent radiation of Er:YAG or Ho:YAG laser. The ablation mechanism are observed and investigated by using an ultra-high-speed camera and infrared thermography camera.

Original language	English
Article number	71730R
Journal	Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	7173
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807910
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications IX - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: 2009 Jan 24 → 2009 Jan 25

Keywords

Er:YAG laser
Hard tissue ablation
Ho:YAG laser

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Biomaterials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Simultaneous irradiation of Er:YAG and Ho:YAG lasers for efficient ablation of hard tissues

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