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Introducing the ProView™ 30X SMA Inspection Microscope
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InnovaQuartz is pleased to offer a low cost but high performance solution for inspecting SMA (and Trimedyne in January 2017) terminated laser surgical fibers. This battery powered (batteries included) microscope is equipped with a thread-free SMA (or Trimedyne) port that positions the fiber input face within the field of view with acute angle illumination from below. Every detail of the connector face is exposed: scratches, dirt and burns are detected and may be corrected before risking the laser optics. Simply slip the connector ferrule into the aluminum adapter and flip on the light.
The Power of Collimation III: Moses’ Enthalpy
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At InnovaQuartz, we developed a method of making very precise, tiny lenses directly upon the face of an optical fiber. In this third Chapter of The Power of Collimation, I’ll describe just how important this subtle feature really is to the performance of holmium laser URS. In the first Chapter of this blog series, I discussed why holmium lasers launch light into fibers at a substantial fraction of their maximum propagation angle (near maximum NA). We’ll be using computer-generated ray traces to depict what happens with a typical laser focus condition (aka laser launch condition) when coupling to a series of...
Smooth Passage™ Holmium Fiber Tips on ProFlex™ LLF
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In the course of studying other manufacturers' holmium laser fibers we sometimes observe surprising differences. In this case, we knew that our tips were different -- heck, we gave them a special name -- but just how much difference they made was the surprise. The two fibers in the photo are "1000 micron", meaning they have either a 910 μm or 940 μm core inside a 1 mm diameter glass cladding. The upper one was made by the manufacturer of the laser upon which the two fibers were used and the lower one is our Smooth Passage™ Tip on ProFlex™ LLF. Both fibers...
All Holmium Laser Fibers are the Same, Right? Part 7: Cladding Modes
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All Holmium Laser Fibers are the Same, Right? Part 7: Cladding Modes Ignorance of reality yields solutions that function solely as fantasy. What are ‘Cladding Modes’? ‘Cladding modes’ are almost universally misunderstood as being light rays or modes of propagation that are contained solely within the fiber cladding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6yjDPo4AHg Snell’s law precludes the containment described in this video (Figure 1 is adapted from the video), a video that is representative of the majority of descriptions one finds for ‘cladding modes’ in the literature. Figure 1: Classic example of oversimplified and erroneous depiction of ‘cladding modes’ While it is possible to...
All Holmium Laser Fibers are the Same, Right? Part 3: Pulsar HPC Introduction
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Before updating this entry, a reader asked a question about a statement I'd made about the flexibility of the Boston Scientific holmium fibers AccuMax™ and Flexiva™ that I answered in the updated Part 2 entry. I am leaving my answer to that question in this entry, for congruity. Pardon the redundancy. Q: ‘How do you know Boston’s AccuMax™ and Flexiva™ are stiffer than ProFlex 200 if, as you say, you’ve never seen one of Boston’s fibers?’ A: Updated answer -- we measured the glass OD of the Boston fibers and, as expected, it is 290 microns (242 microns x 1.2 CCDR). This...