Optical Fibers

10/15/2011 - "This work enables directed cancer therapies using on highly flexible and precise hollow optical fiber-based plasma device and offers enhancements to microplasma cancer endoscopy using an improved method of plasma targeting and delivery."
02/11/2023 - "Due to these attributes, we hope that this study will be a first step in the development of new cancer biosensors and treatments with the use of optical fibers."
12/01/2022 - "In this study, we use diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, a non-invasive optical fiber-based technique, to determine the effects of different doses of radiation on the tumor microenvironment, as well as to determine the sensitivity of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy to low doses of radiation that are used in the treatment of certain cancers. "
12/01/2022 - "These results suggest that the study of tumor cells based on fiber optical tweezers and Raman spectroscopy is a promising method for early and rapid identification and diagnosis of tumor cells."
01/01/2022 - "This study provides new insights into the application of in situ NIR-II PTT based on optical fibers transmission of laser power and transarterial injection of NIR-II absorption nanomaterials to treat deep-buried tumors."

03/18/2023 - "Fabrication of High-Sensitivity Optical Fiber Sensor by an Improved Arc-Discharge Heating System."
01/01/2017 - "In this paper, we present a comparative experimental and theoretical study on gamma radiation sensitivity of Long Period Gratings (LPGs), fabricated by electric arc discharge technique, as monitored in three single mode optical fibers supplied by different manufacturers. "
10/10/2022 - "Here an equivalent arc model is proposed to define the effective interference length and bent radius of the U-shaped fiber device: the U-shaped optical fiber is equivalent to a regular arc. "
09/12/2022 - "At the same time, the grating prepared by bending-resistant optical fiber successfully solves the problem of light loss in arc-shaped packaging. "
11/07/2021 - "Optical Fiber Interferometers Based on Arc-Induced Long Period Gratings at INESC TEC."

01/01/2021 - "The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of controlled urinary stone fragmentation using a continuous-wave diode laser with a highly heated distal end of the optical fiber light guide as a method of preventing inflammatory infections in clinical practice. "
06/01/2010 - "The long-pulse Erbium: YAG (Er: YAG) laser (lambda = 2.94 microm) fragments urinary calculi up to 5 times more efficiently than the Ho: YAG laser, however, no optical fibers are available to transmit efficiently 2.94 microm laser light for laser lithotripsy. "
08/01/2002 - "Human urinary calculi were placed in deionized water and irradiated with erbium:YAG laser energy delivered through a sapphire optical fiber. "

03/01/2017 - "Protocadherin-Cre male transgenic mice received bilateral AOB infections with channelrhodopsin2 (ChR2) viral vectors, and an optical fiber was implanted above the AOB. "
01/01/2021 - "The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of controlled urinary stone fragmentation using a continuous-wave diode laser with a highly heated distal end of the optical fiber light guide as a method of preventing inflammatory infections in clinical practice. "
01/01/2010 - "The results suggest that a device that releases NO via illumination by optical fiber may have clinical applications in combating infections with both Gram-positive, Gram-negative and to some degree antibiotic resistant bacteria."

01/10/2022 - "The proposed fiber optical sensors have shown promising results, further boosting their practical applications in blast testing and monitoring structural health following a blast shock."
02/01/2018 - "DRS and DCS measurements of cutaneous blood flow were acquired using fiber optical probes placed on the thigh and earlobe of the animals and were obtained repeatedly starting from 1 to 5 minutes pre-injury, up to several minutes post shock. "
08/01/2017 - "Spectral broadening of picosecond pulses forming dispersive shock waves in optical fibers."
06/01/2016 - "We experimentally report the observation of dispersive shock waves from a short pulse superimposed onto a small continuous wave background in optical fibers. "
06/01/2016 - "Shock wave generation triggered by a weak background in optical fibers."