Ultrashort pulse laser

Ultrashort Ti:sapphire pulse amplifier ODIN

An ultrashort pulse laser is a laser that emits ultrashort pulses of light, generally of the order of femtoseconds to ten picoseconds. They are also known as ultrafast lasers—a misnomer, since the speed of light is constant in a given medium.[1][2]

Common current ultrashort pulse laser technologies include Ti-sapphire lasers and dye lasers. High output peak power usually requires chirped pulse amplification of a seed pulse from a modelocked laser. Dealing with high optical powers also needs the nonlinear optical phenomena to be taken in account.

Use in Pathogen Inactivation

Tsen and colleagues developed a SEPHODIS (selective photonic disinfection) technology using an ultrashort pulse laser to kill viruses including HIV, influenza virus, and noroviruses.[3][4][5][6] The technique appears to damage viral capsids while preserving other proteins and biological materials. The ultrashort pulse laser treatment has potential applications in the disinfection of medicines, in the production of inactivated vaccines, and in the possible future treatment of blood-borne viral infections from agents such as HIV and Ebola virus.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hot flashes, cold cuts: ultrafast lasers give power tools a new edge". Free Online Library. Retrieved Oct 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ Paschotta, Rüdiger. "Ultrashort pulses". Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology. RP Photonics. Retrieved Oct 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ LiveScience: Laser Zaps Viruses
  4. ↑ BBC News: Laser Treatment 'Could Kill HIV'
  5. ↑ Nature Photonics: Selective Disinfection
  6. ↑ Journal of Biomedical Science: Prospects For a Novel Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Technology for Pathogen Inactivation
  7. ↑ www.tsenlab.org

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