Ultrashort-pulse laser eye surgery uses fiber technology at 1.6 microns

Karsten Plamann (1) , Cord Arnold (1) , Caroline Crotti (1) , Florent Deloison (1) , Valeria Nuzzo (1, 2) , Donald A. Peyrot (1) , Florent Aptel (3) , Antoine Courjaud (4) , Eric Mottay (4) , Frédéric Druon (5) , Patrick Georges (5) , Marc Hanna (5) , Franck Morin (5) , Jean-Marc Legeais (6) , Michèle Savoldelli (6)

1 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée
2 School of Engineering and Applied Physics of Havard University
3 Service d'Ophtalmologie [Hôpital Edouard Herriot - HCL]]
4 Amplitude Systèmes
5 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa
6 Laboratoire Biotechnologie et Œil

New, compact, and wavelength-optimized ultrashort-pulse laser systems may facilitate corneal grafting and enable new forms of glaucoma surgery.

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

Karsten Plamann, Cord Arnold, Caroline Crotti, Florent Deloison, Valeria Nuzzo, et al.. Ultrashort-pulse laser eye surgery uses fiber technology at 1.6 microns. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering, 2009, pp.1-3. ⟨10.1117/2.1200912.002509⟩. ⟨hal-00526703⟩