High-power laser testing of calcium-phosphate-based bioresorbable optical fibers

Silica optical fibers are employed in endoscopy and related minimally invasive medical methods thanks to their good transparency and flexibility. Although silicon oxide is a biocompatible material, its use involves a serious health risk due to its fragility and the fact that potential fiber fragment...

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Published in:Optical materials express 2021-07, Vol.11 (7), p.2049
Main Authors: Peterka, Pavel, Pugliese, Diego, Jiříčková, Bára, Boetti, Nadia G., Turčičová, Hana, Mirza, Inam, Borodkin, Andrei, Milanese, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biocompatibility
Biodegradability
Biomedical materials
Calcium
Continuous fibers
Continuous radiation
Fiber lasers
Fluence
Fragility
High power lasers
Laser damage
Lasers
Optical fibers
Silicon dioxide
Silicon oxides
X ray imagery
Yield point
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Summary:Silica optical fibers are employed in endoscopy and related minimally invasive medical methods thanks to their good transparency and flexibility. Although silicon oxide is a biocompatible material, its use involves a serious health risk due to its fragility and the fact that potential fiber fragments can freely move inside the body without the possibility of being detected by conventional methods such as X-ray imaging. A possible solution to this issue can be the development of optical fibers based on bioresorbable (i.e., biodegradable and biocompatible) materials, which exhibit the important benefit of not having to be explanted after their functionality has expired. The optical power transmission tests of recently developed single-mode (SM) and multi-mode (MM) bioresorbable optical fibers based on calcium-phosphate glasses (CPGs) are here reported. A continuous-wave (CW) fiber laser at 1080 nm with output power up to 13 W and picosecond laser sources at 515 and 1030 nm with MW pulse peak power were used to test the transmission capabilities of the CPG fibers. No degradation of the CPG fibers transmission under long-term illumination by CW laser was observed. A laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) at a fluence higher than 0.17 J/cm 2 was assessed with the picosecond laser sources.
ISSN:2159-3930
2159-3930
DOI:10.1364/OME.428490