Hollow-glass waveguide delivery of an infrared free-electron laser for microsurgical applications

Jin H. Shen; James A. Harrington; Karen M. Joos

doi:10.1364/AO.40.000583

Hollow-glass waveguide delivery of an infrared free-electron laser for microsurgical applications

Jin H. Shen, James A. Harrington, Karen M. Joos

School of Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering

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The purpose of this research is to deliver free-electron-laser (FEL) pulses for intraocular microsurgery. The FEL at Vanderbilt University is tunable from 1.8 to 10.8 μm. To deliver the FEL beam we used a metallic-coated hollow-glass waveguide of 530-μm inner diameter. A 20-gauge cannula with a miniature CaF₂ window shielded the waveguide from water. Open-sky retinotomy was performed on cadaver eyes. The system delivered as much as 6 × 10⁵ W of FEL peak power to the intraocular tissues without damage to the waveguide or to the surgical probe.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	583-587
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	40
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.40.000583
State	Published - Feb 1 2001

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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