ESTIMATION OF SCATTERED-LIGHT ON THE SURFACE OF UNCLAD OPTICAL-FIBER TIPS - A NEW APPROACH

Authors
SHANGGUAN HQ CASPERSON LW
Citation
Hq. Shangguan et Lw. Casperson, ESTIMATION OF SCATTERED-LIGHT ON THE SURFACE OF UNCLAD OPTICAL-FIBER TIPS - A NEW APPROACH, Optics communications, 152(4-6), 1998, pp. 307-312
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
152
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
307 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1998)152:4-6<307:EOSOTS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Unclad multimode optical fiber tips are often the basis for diffusing tips in photodynamic therapy or scalpels in laser surgery. In this stu dy, we report an approximated Gaussian-beam model for the calculation of the light distribution along the surface of unclad fiber tips. The results are compared with detailed experimental measurements. The mode l yields quite good qualitative agreement with experimental results. ( C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.