抄録
A new medical fiber laser oscillating at two useful wavelengths (3 and 2 μm) is reported. We have demonstrated highly efficient and high-power continuous-wave cascade oscillation at room temperature with a holmium ion-doped fluoride glass fiber laser pumped with a 1.15-μm fiber Raman laser. The simultaneous oscillation wavelengths were 3 and 2 μm, and their combined output power was 3.0 W with a slope efficiency of 65%. To our best knowledge, this is the first achievement of watt-level-output power in the mid-infrared region with ZrF 4-BaF 2-LaF 3-AlF 3-NaF (ZBLAN) glass fiber. In experiments to evaluate potential for medical applications, we tested the two-wavelength beam as a laser surgical knife on soft rabbit tissues and demonstrated that it had strong cutting capability, and that the coagulation layer thickness could be controlled by varying the power ratio of the two-wavelength laser.
| 本文言語 | English |
|---|---|
| ページ（範囲） | 936-943 |
| ページ数 | 8 |
| ジャーナル | IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics |
| 巻 | 5 |
| 号 | 4 |
| DOI | |
| 出版ステータス | Published - 1999 7月 |
| 外部発表 | はい |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 原子分子物理学および光学
- 電子工学および電気工学