Compact optical fiber components for a Nd:YAG laser delivery system

Riccardo Falciai; Tania Pascucci; Alessandro Schena

doi:10.1117/12.167296

1 February 1994 Compact optical fiber components for a Nd:YAG laser delivery system

Riccardo Falciai, Tania Pascucci, Alessandro Schena

Proceedings Volume 2084, Biomedical Optoelectronic Devices and Systems; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.167296
Event: Europto Biomedical Optics '93, 1993, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

Nd:YAG lasers have become fundamental tools in the medical field, because of the low absorption and high scattering in tissue at the emission wavelength of 1.06 micrometers . Therefore the development of new laser delivery systems is a very attractive goal. In this paper a complete fiber-optic delivery system is described. Such a system is composed by a laser-to- fiber and a fiber-to-fiber coupling device, in which GRIN rod lenses are utilized. Furthermore a distal handpiece, suitable for medical applications, has been properly designed and manufactured.

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Riccardo Falciai, Tania Pascucci, and Alessandro Schena "Compact optical fiber components for a Nd:YAG laser delivery system", Proc. SPIE 2084, Biomedical Optoelectronic Devices and Systems, (1 February 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.167296

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