Excimer laser beam delivery systems for medical applications

Uichi Kubo; Yuichi Hashishin; Kazuyuki Okada; Hiroyuki Tanaka

doi:10.1117/12.146345

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28 May 1993 Excimer laser beam delivery systems for medical applications

Uichi Kubo, Yuichi Hashishin, Kazuyuki Okada, Hiroyuki Tanaka

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Proceedings Volume 1893, Optical Fibers in Medicine VIII; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.146345
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We have been doing the basic experiments of UV laser beams and biotissue interaction with both KrF and XeCl lasers. However, the conventional optical fiber can not be available for power UV beams. So we have been investigating about UV power beam delivery systems. These experiments carry on with the same elements doped quartz fibers and the hollow tube. The doped elements are OH ion, chlorine and fluorine. In our latest work, we have tried ArF excimer laser and biotissue interactions, and the beam delivery experiments. From our experimental results, we found that the ArF laser beam has high incision ability for hard biotissue. For example, in the case of the cow's bone incision, the incision depth by ArF laser was ca.15 times of KrF laser. Therefore, ArF laser would be expected to harden biotissue therapy as non-thermal method. However, its beam delivery is difficult to work in this time. We will develop ArF laser beam delivery systems.

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Uichi Kubo, Yuichi Hashishin, Kazuyuki Okada, and Hiroyuki Tanaka "Excimer laser beam delivery systems for medical applications", Proc. SPIE 1893, Optical Fibers in Medicine VIII, (28 May 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.146345

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