Interferometric Optics

Tunable Laser Medicine and Medical Optics


At Interferometric Optics we have extensive experience in the design of lasers and optics for medicine and medical applications. Our specific experience focuses in tunable lasers for photodynamic therapy (PDT) and in optical systems for biomedical applications. In the latter we specialize in unique illumination and detection optical systems as well as in the application of interferometric techniques to medicine. Our outreach program in these areas includes:

We also provide advice and consulting services on laser systems for medical and cosmetic applications. Related sites on medicine and medical applications include:
Bibliography
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  • F. J. Duarte, Pulsed dye laser apparatus for high-prf operation, US Patent 4891817 (2nd of January, 1990).
  • L. Goldman, Dye lasers in medicine, in Dye Laser Principles , F. J. Duarte and L. W. Hillman, Eds. (Academic, New York, 1990) pp. 419-432.
  • F. J. Duarte, Laser oscillator, US Patent 5181222 (19th of January, 1993).
  • F. J. Duarte, Multiple-prism arrays in laser optics, Am. J. Phys. 68, 162-166 (2000).
  • F. J. Duarte, Tunable Laser Optics (Acedemic Elsevier, New York, 2003).
  • F. J. Duarte and D. R. Foster, Lasers, dye, in The Optics Encyclopedia, Volume 2, T. G. Brown et al. Eds. (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2004) pp. 1065-1096.
  • B. J. Orr et al., Spectroscopic applications of pulsed tunable optical parametric oscillators, in Tunable Laser Applications , F. J. Duarte, Ed. (CRC, New York, 2009) Chapter 2.
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Published on the 25th of March, 2007; updated on the 15th of January, 2020.