Experimental and theoretical description of the process of contact laser surgery with a titanium-doped optothermal fibre converter
In an in vitro experiment simulating a surgeon’s actions in the process of contact laser surgery of soft biological tissue, the dependences of the temperature of a titanium-doped optothermal fibre converter (TOTFC) and the depths of coagulation and ablation of biological tissue on the average radiation power of a diode laser with a wavelength of 980 nm and on the speed of the converter movement along biological tissue are obtained. The structural, optical, and thermophysical models of TOTFC are discussed, as well as the thermophysical model of the interaction of a laser-heated converter with biological tissue, which takes into account the temperature dependences of the basic thermophysical parameters of the converter and biological tissue, as well as the contribution of the thickness h{sub int} of the water vapour layer between the converter and biotissue. It is shown that the proposed model allows describing the result of contact laser surgery of soft biotissue with TOTFC adequately to the experiment. (laser biophotonics)
- OSTI ID:
- 23141893
- Journal Information:
- Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Journal Name: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.) Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 50; ISSN 1063-7818; ISSN QUELEZ
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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