Small-bore fluorocarbon polymer-coated silver hollow glass waveguides for Er:YAG laser light

Y. Wang; Y. W. Shi; Y. Matsuura; M. Miyagi

doi:10.1016/s0030-3992(97)00055-8

Small-bore fluorocarbon polymer-coated silver hollow glass waveguides for Er:YAG laser light

Y. Wang, Y. W. Shi, Y. Matsuura, M. Miyagi

MEN - Biomedical Engineering

Tohoku University

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Several types of fluorocarbon polymer (FCP)-coated silver hollow glass waveguides have been fabricated for Er:YAG laser delivery by using the improved wet chemical technique and dynamic coating procedure. The straight losses of 2 m long 700 μm∅ and 540 μm∅ waveguides are 0.4 and 1.0 dB, respectively. The transmission losses of these waveguides are below 1.5 dB even when the waveguides are bent to 180° with the bending radius of either 20 or 15 cm. The waveguides with the small diameters of 320 and 200 μm have also been developed for clinical treatment, which exhibit low enough transmission losses for Er:YAG laser light.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	455-461
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optics and Laser Technology
Volume	29
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0030-3992(97)00055-8
Publication status	Published - 1998 Apr 27

Keywords

Hollow waveguides
Infrared medical lasers
Lasers (Er:YAG)

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