Picosecond and femtosecond laser ablation of hard tissues

Alexander A. Serafetinides; Mersini I. Makropoulou; Ajoy Kumar Kar; Marouan Khabbaz

doi:10.1117/12.260660

3 December 1996 Picosecond and femtosecond laser ablation of hard tissues

Alexander A. Serafetinides, Mersini I. Makropoulou, Ajoy Kumar Kar, Marouan Khabbaz

Proceedings Volume 2922, Laser Applications in Medicine and Dentistry; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.260660
Event: BiOS Europe '96, 1996, Vienna, Austria

Abstract

In this study, the interaction of picosecond and femtosecond pulsed laser radiation with human dental tissue was investigated experimentally, as this unexplored field is expected to be a potential alternative in powerful laser processing of biomedical structures. Dentin ablation rate experiments were performed by using teeth sections of different thickness. Dental tissue samples were irradiated in air with i) a regenerative amplifier laser at 1064 nm, pulse duration 110 ps, ii) the second harmonic laser at 532 nm, pulse duration 100 ps, and iii) a picosecond tunable dye amplifier at 595 nm, pulse width 800 fs. In all the experiments the pulse repetition rate was 10 Hz. The ablation rate per pulse at different energy fluence settings was calculated by measuring the time needed for the perforation of the whole dental sample thickness. Short laser pulses can confine thermal energy within the optical zone, which maximizes photothermal and photomechanical mechanisms of interaction. Tissue ablation rates were found to be comparable to or better than other nanosecond lasers, and left smooth surfaces, free of thermal damage.

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Alexander A. Serafetinides, Mersini I. Makropoulou, Ajoy Kumar Kar, and Marouan Khabbaz "Picosecond and femtosecond laser ablation of hard tissues", Proc. SPIE 2922, Laser Applications in Medicine and Dentistry, (3 December 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.260660

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