УДК: 635.15

Silver halide fiber lightguides for laser medicine

Korsakov, V.S., Faskhiev, V.N., Korsakov, M.S., Zhukova, L.V.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Корсаков В.С., Фасхиев В.Н., Корсаков М.С., Жукова Л.В. Галогенидсеребряные волоконные световоды для лазерной медицины // Оптический журнал. 2017. Т. 84. № 10. С. 64–68.

Korsakov V.S., Faskhiev V.N., Korsakov M.S., Zhukova L.V. Silver halide fiber lightguides for laser medicine [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2017. V. 84. № 10. P. 64–68.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

V. S. Korsakov, V. N. Faskhiev, M. S. Korsakov, and L. V. Zhukova, "Silver halide fiber lightguides for laser medicine," Journal of Optical Technology. 84(10), 701-704 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.84.000701

Abstract:

The authors have developed single-mode IR optical fibers, including some with photonic-crystal structure intended to increase the field diameter of the lightguide mode, for use in laser medicine in order to transmit radiation from CO₂ and ZnSe:Fe lasers. To simplify the production process, a method is used of modeling the fiber structure and its modal content. A study has been made of how the sterilization and disinfection regimes affect the optical properties of the resulting fibers, in order to create interchangeable, easily spliced fiber-optic components for laser-medicine equipment at a wavelength of 10.6 μm.

Keywords:

laser medicine, optical fiber, infrared band

OCIS codes: 170.0170

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