Towards high-power mid-infrared emission from a fibre laser

SD Jackson - Nature photonics, 2012 - nature.com
The diverse output pulsewidths, linewidths and polarization states of fibre lasers provide
both high efficiency and high output power in a small, low-maintenance format that is ideal …

Tunable continuous-wave laser operation of Tm3+ ion doped tellurite glass near 2 μm

Y Morova, M Khan, B Denker, B Galagan… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
We provide an experimental investigation of the absorption saturation and 1.9-μm lasing
characteristics of a bulk Tm 3+: TZLN glass with the host composition of 74TeO 2–12ZnO …

Generation of mode-locked noise-like pulses in double-clad Tm-doped fibre laser with nonlinear optical loop mirror

H Ahmad, MHM Ahmed, MZ Samion - Journal of Modern Optics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
An all-fibre, noise-like pulse (NLP) mode locked double-clad thulium-doped fibre laser (DC-
TDFL) with integrated figure-of-eight nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) is demonstrated …

Pulsed thulium laser blood vessel haemostasis as an alternative to bipolar forceps during neurosurgical tumour resection

A Hutfilz, D Theisen-Kunde, MM Bonsanto… - Lasers in Medical …, 2023 - Springer
Due to wavelength-specific water absorption, infrared lasers like the thulium laser emitting at
1940 nm wavelength proved to be suitable for coagulation in neurosurgery. Commonly …

Two-dimensional tin diselenide passively Q-switched 2 μm Tm: YAP laser

B Ran, H Sun, Y Ma - Infrared Physics & Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a passively Q-switched Tm: YAP laser with two-dimensional (2D) tin diselenide
(SnSe 2) nanosheet prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method as SA was …

Tm:Fiber laser ablation with real‐time temperature monitoring for minimizing collateral thermal damage: ex vivo dosimetry for ovine brain

B Tunc, M Gulsoy - Lasers in surgery and medicine, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objective The thermal damage of the surrounding tissue can be
an unwanted result of continuous‐wave laser irradiations. In order to propose an effective …

Stereotaxic laser brain surgery with 1940‐nm Tm: fiber laser: an in vivo study

B Tunc, M Gulsoy - Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background With exciting developments in fiber laser technology, studies investigating the
use of lasers in neurosurgery have been increasing in the recent years. Fiber lasers are …

[HTML][HTML] Local effects of a 1940 nm thulium-doped fiber laser and a 1470 nm diode laser on the pulmonary parenchyma: an experimental study in a pig model

M Janeczek, Z Rybak, A Lipińska, J Bujok, A Czerski… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The lungs are a common site of metastases from malignant tumors. Their removal with a
minimal but safe tissue margin is essential for the long-term survival of patients. The aim of …

Detailed Characterization of Optical Fibers by Combining $\bm S^{\bf 2} $ Imaging With Correlation Filter Mode Analysis

C Jollivet, D Flamm, M Duparré… - Journal of lightwave …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Spatially and spectrally resolved imaging imaging) and correlation filter technique (CFT) are
two very different, widespread fiber mode analysis techniques. Both techniques have been …

Photothermal ablation of liver tissue with 1940-nm thulium fiber laser: an ex vivo study on lamb liver

HZ Alagha, M Gülsoy - Journal of biomedical optics, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The purpose of this study was to investigate the ablation efficiency of 1940-nm thulium fiber
laser on liver tissue, while utilizing a real-time measurement system to monitor the …