TY - GEN
T1 - Experiments in transmission of free electron laser radiation by flexible waveguides
AU - Gannot, Israel
AU - Waynant, Ronald W.
AU - Dror, Jacob
AU - Inberg, A.
AU - Croitoru, Nathan I.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The free electron laser (FEL) is a unique laser which is tunable over a wide segment of the spectrum. Its tunability can open a wide range of applications in medicine - both surgical and diagnostic. A delivery device such as a waveguide or a fiber, flexible enough, which will be coupled to its outlet, will enable maneuvering the beam conveniently at the operating site. The greatest obstacle for such a fiber or waveguide is the high peak power of several MWatts that characterize the beam and the wide range of wavelengths. Flexible hollow waveguides made of either a fused silica or a Teflon tubing, internally coated with reflecting/refracting layers, were used in experiments at 3 FEL centers in the U.S. A segment of the mid IR spectrum (between 6 and 7 micrometers). Results of the beam shape (both temporal and spatial) and transmission measurements have proven the potential of this waveguide for transmission of FEL radiation.
AB - The free electron laser (FEL) is a unique laser which is tunable over a wide segment of the spectrum. Its tunability can open a wide range of applications in medicine - both surgical and diagnostic. A delivery device such as a waveguide or a fiber, flexible enough, which will be coupled to its outlet, will enable maneuvering the beam conveniently at the operating site. The greatest obstacle for such a fiber or waveguide is the high peak power of several MWatts that characterize the beam and the wide range of wavelengths. Flexible hollow waveguides made of either a fused silica or a Teflon tubing, internally coated with reflecting/refracting layers, were used in experiments at 3 FEL centers in the U.S. A segment of the mid IR spectrum (between 6 and 7 micrometers). Results of the beam shape (both temporal and spatial) and transmission measurements have proven the potential of this waveguide for transmission of FEL radiation.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0029702433
SN - 0819420514
SN - 9780819420510
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
SP - 99
EP - 102
BT - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
A2 - Katzir, Abraham
A2 - Harrington, James A.
T2 - Biomedical Fiber Optics
Y2 - 31 January 1996 through 31 January 1996
ER -