Abstract
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) |
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Pages (from-to) | 583-587 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Applied Optics |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 2001 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering