Reflectometry, ablation and fluid retrieval with an optical fiber

doi:10.1364/OE.18.000134

Reflectometry, ablation and fluid retrieval with an optical fiber

A. Sudirman, G. Björk, and W. Margulis »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 1, pp. 134-140 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.000134

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Abstract

A technique combining low-coherence reflectometry, laser ablation and microfluidics in a single microstructured fiber is developed. Experimental results demonstrate the possibility to ablate thin aluminum foil samples with fiber-guided Nd:YAG laser light, to collect liquid in the holes of the fiber and to simultaneously monitor the positioning of fiber for ablation and the fluid collection process with low-coherence reflectometry. Potential applications of the technique include minimally invasive retrieval of liquid samples with low contamination risk.

OCIS Codes
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(230.1150) Optical devices : All-optical devices
(060.4005) Fiber optics and optical communications : Microstructured fibers
(280.4788) Remote sensing and sensors : Optical sensing and sensors

ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: October 19, 2009
Revised Manuscript: December 18, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: December 18, 2009
Published: December 22, 2009

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A. Sudirman, G. Björk, and W. Margulis, "Reflectometry, ablation and fluid retrieval with an optical fiber," Opt. Express 18, 134-140 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-1-134

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Appl. Opt.

H. Pratisto, M. Frenz, M. Ith, H. J. Altermatt, E. D. Jansen, and H. P. Weber, “Combination of fiber guided pulses erbium and holmium laser radiation for tissue ablation under water,” Appl. Opt. 35(19), 3328–3337 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. B

D. Stifter, “Beyond biomedicine: a review of alternative applications and developments for optical coherence tomography,” Appl. Phys. B 88(3), 337–357 (2007). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys., A Mater. Sci. Process.

S. Zoppel, R. Merz, J. Zehetner, and G. A. Reider, “Enhancement of laser ablation yield by two color excitation,” Appl. Phys., A Mater. Sci. Process. 81(4), 847–850 (2005). [CrossRef]
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Electron. Lett.

S. A. Kingsley and D. E. N. Davies, “OFDR diagnostics for fibre and integrated-optic systems,” Electron. Lett. 21(10), 434–435 (1985). [CrossRef]

J. Biomed. Opt.

B. M. Kim, M. D. Feit, A. M. Rubenchik, E. J. Joslin, P. M. Celliers, J. Eichler, and L. B. Da Silva, “Influence of pulse duration on ultrashort laser pulse ablation of biological tissues,” J. Biomed. Opt. 6(3), 332–338 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

J. Lightwave Technol.

H. H. Gilgen, R. P. Novak, R. P. Salathe, W. Hodel, and P. Beaud, “Submilimeter optical reflectometry,” J. Lightwave Technol. 7(8), 1225–1233 (1989). [CrossRef]

J. Surg. Res.

S. A. Boppart, J. Herrmann, C. Pitris, D. L. Stamper, M. E. Brezinski, and J. G. Fujimoto, “High-resolution optical coherence tomography-guided laser ablation of surgical tissue,” J. Surg. Res. 82(2), 275–284 (1999). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Lasers Med. Sci.

A. K. Murray and M. R. Dickinson, “Tissue ablation-rate measurements with a long-pulsed, fibre-deliverable 308 nm excimer laser,” Lasers Med. Sci. 19(3), 127–138 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Nat. Photonics

C. Monat, P. Domachuk, and B. J. Eggleton, “Integrated optofluidics: A new river of light,” Nat. Photonics 1(2), 106–114 (2007). [CrossRef]

Nature

D. Psaltis, S. R. Quake, and C. I. Yang, “Developing optofluidic technology through the fusion of microfluidics and optics,” Nature 442(7101), 381–386 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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[1] B. M. Kim, M. D. Feit, A. M. Rubenchik, E. J. Joslin, P. M. Celliers, J. Eichler, and L. B. Da Silva, “Influence of pulse duration on ultrashort laser pulse ablation of biological tissues,” J. Biomed. Opt. 6(3), 332–338 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] A. K. Murray and M. R. Dickinson, “Tissue ablation-rate measurements with a long-pulsed, fibre-deliverable 308 nm excimer laser,” Lasers Med. Sci. 19(3), 127–138 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] H. Pratisto, M. Frenz, M. Ith, H. J. Altermatt, E. D. Jansen, and H. P. Weber, “Combination of fiber guided pulses erbium and holmium laser radiation for tissue ablation under water,” Appl. Opt. 35(19), 3328–3337 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] D. Psaltis, S. R. Quake, and C. I. Yang, “Developing optofluidic technology through the fusion of microfluidics and optics,” Nature 442(7101), 381–386 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] C. Monat, P. Domachuk, and B. J. Eggleton, “Integrated optofluidics: A new river of light,” Nat. Photonics 1(2), 106–114 (2007). [CrossRef]

[6] S. A. Kingsley and D. E. N. Davies, “OFDR diagnostics for fibre and integrated-optic systems,” Electron. Lett. 21(10), 434–435 (1985). [CrossRef]

[7] H. H. Gilgen, R. P. Novak, R. P. Salathe, W. Hodel, and P. Beaud, “Submilimeter optical reflectometry,” J. Lightwave Technol. 7(8), 1225–1233 (1989). [CrossRef]

[8] D. Stifter, “Beyond biomedicine: a review of alternative applications and developments for optical coherence tomography,” Appl. Phys. B 88(3), 337–357 (2007). [CrossRef]

[9] S. A. Boppart, J. Herrmann, C. Pitris, D. L. Stamper, M. E. Brezinski, and J. G. Fujimoto, “High-resolution optical coherence tomography-guided laser ablation of surgical tissue,” J. Surg. Res. 82(2), 275–284 (1999). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] S. Zoppel, R. Merz, J. Zehetner, and G. A. Reider, “Enhancement of laser ablation yield by two color excitation,” Appl. Phys., A Mater. Sci. Process. 81(4), 847–850 (2005). [CrossRef]

[11] S. M. Klimentov, S. V. Garnov, T. V. Kononenko, V. I. Konov, P. A. Pivovarov, and F. Dausinger, “High rate deep channel ablative formation by picosecond–nanosecond combined laser pulses,” Appl. Phys., A 69(7Suppl.), S633–S636 (1999). [CrossRef]

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