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  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Vol. 32,
  • Issue 5,
  • pp. 986-990
  • (2014)

Microstructured Tube-Leaky Glass Waveguide for Delivery of High-Powered Er:Yag Laser

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Abstract

We present tube-leaky fiber with microstructured glass supports as a hollow core microstructured optical fiber. Attenuation constants of tube-leaky fibers are derived by using a ray optic method and designed the wall thickness of the fibers for Er:YAG laser which is often used for medical applications. From the loss measurements of Er:YAG laser, the tube-leaky fibers supported by microstructured glass made of borosilicate-glass can deliver laser with 0.85 dB/m despite of high material absorption around laser wavelength. The high power energy transmission results of the fabricated fibers are at the order of 80–120 mJ. These energies are enough to ablate biological tissues in surgical operations.

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