Fiber Beam Shaping for Optical Nerve Stimulation

TOZBURUN S., Lagoda G. A., Burnett A. L., Farahi F., Fried N. M.

IEEE Photonics Conference (PHO), Darlington, United Kingdom, 9 - 13 October 2011, pp.493-494 identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Doi Number: 10.1109/pho.2011.6110642
  • City: Darlington
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Page Numbers: pp.493-494
  • Keywords: fiber beam shaping, chemical etching, single-mode, PROSTATE, PROBE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Chemical etching of single-mode fiber tip transformed Gaussian to flat-top beam profile, providing more uniform infrared laser irradiation of the nerve and simplifying alignment of the visible aiming beam during optical nerve stimulation.