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Title

Optical fibres in biomedical applications: effect of a biological medium on static fatigue

Author(s)

Brown, William G. A.;  Easton, Christopher D.;  Leong, Andrea R.;  Wade, Catherine M.;  Stoddart, Paul R.;  Wade, Scott A.

Abstract

Optical fibres are finding expanding applications in medicine. This work presents time-to-failure measurements of optical fibres under static stress in a simulated bodily fluid; intended for use in the development of medical fibre optic devices.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Industrial Research Institute Swinburne

Source

CD-ROM proceedings of the 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, incorporating the 35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 05-09 December 2010 / E. Barberio, P. Hannaford and D. Moss (eds.)

Publication year

2010

FOR Code(s)

020504 Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications;  090303 Biomedical Instrumentation;  090606 Photonics and Electro-Optical Engineering (excl. Communications)

Keyword(s)

Biological media;  Optical fibre;  Static fatigue

Publisher

ACOFTAOS

ISBN

9780977565764

Publisher URL

http://www.aip2010.org.au/

Copyright

Copyright © AIP 2010.

Additional information

This paper was also published in conference proceedings by IEEE. See http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/197286

Peer reviewed