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TRASER - Total Reflection Amplification of Spontaneous Emission of Radiation

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Light and lasers in medical therapy have made dramatic strides since their invention five decades ago. However, the manufacture of lasers can be complex and expensive which often makes treatments limited and costly. Further, no single laser will provide the correct paramete...

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Autores principales: Zachary, Christopher B., Gustavsson, Morgan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035899
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description BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Light and lasers in medical therapy have made dramatic strides since their invention five decades ago. However, the manufacture of lasers can be complex and expensive which often makes treatments limited and costly. Further, no single laser will provide the correct parameters to treat all things. Hence, laser specialists often need multiple devices to practice their specialty. A new concept is described herein that has the potential to replace many lasers and light sources with a single ‘tunable’ device. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIAL AND METHODS: This device amplifies spontaneous emission of radiation by capturing and retaining photons through total internal reflection, hence the acronym Total Reflection Amplification of Spontaneous Emission of Radiation, or TRASER. RESULTS: Specific peaks of light can be produced in a reproducible manner with high peak powers of variable pulse durations, a large spot size, and high repetition rate. CONCLUSION: Considering the characteristics and parameters of Traser technology, it is possible that this one device would likely be able to replace the pulsed dye laser and many other light based systems.
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spelling pubmed-33387792012-05-03 TRASER - Total Reflection Amplification of Spontaneous Emission of Radiation Zachary, Christopher B. Gustavsson, Morgan PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Light and lasers in medical therapy have made dramatic strides since their invention five decades ago. However, the manufacture of lasers can be complex and expensive which often makes treatments limited and costly. Further, no single laser will provide the correct parameters to treat all things. Hence, laser specialists often need multiple devices to practice their specialty. A new concept is described herein that has the potential to replace many lasers and light sources with a single ‘tunable’ device. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIAL AND METHODS: This device amplifies spontaneous emission of radiation by capturing and retaining photons through total internal reflection, hence the acronym Total Reflection Amplification of Spontaneous Emission of Radiation, or TRASER. RESULTS: Specific peaks of light can be produced in a reproducible manner with high peak powers of variable pulse durations, a large spot size, and high repetition rate. CONCLUSION: Considering the characteristics and parameters of Traser technology, it is possible that this one device would likely be able to replace the pulsed dye laser and many other light based systems. Public Library of Science 2012-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3338779/ /pubmed/22558261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035899 Text en Zachary, Gustavsson. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558261
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