Volume 28, Issue 152, October 2024

Ultrashort pulse lasers in medicine, current applications and prospects for future advances

Kinga Filipek^1♦, Agata Pisklak¹, Hanna Behrendt¹, Marcin Głód², Marta Węgrzynek¹

¹Miedzyleski Specialist Hospital, Bursztynowa 2, 04-749 Warsaw, Poland
²Mazovian Brodnowski Hospital, Ludwika Kondratowicza 8, 03-242 Warsaw, Poland

^♦Corresponding Author
Miedzyleski Specialist Hospital, Bursztynowa 2, 04-749 Warsaw, Poland

ABSTRACT

Femtosecond laser which is an ultra-short pulse found applications in novel technologies that have been used in medicine. Femtosecond lasts 10-15 of a second. Femtosecond lasers were used to create new technologies that have been explored in medicine. Dermatology and ophthalmology are fields of medicine in which femtosecond laser gained most popularity. Future research may result in the creation of new clinical applications for ultrashort pulse lasers. Lasers wit even shorter pulse duration called attosecond lasers (attosecond lasts 10-18 of a second) enable research at the molecular level. In the future this innovative technology may be used to study complex biological processes, contributing to the development of medicine. Further development of research into the use of ultra-short lasers may result in their use to create new solutions that could find application in clinical practice. The aim of this publication is to review the literature on ultra-short pulse lasers and identify areas for further research.

Keywords: Ultra-short pulse lasers, Femtosecond laser, Attosecond laser, Medical diagnostics, Medical technologies

Medical Science, 2024, 28, e130ms3422

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v28i152.e130ms3422

Published: 09 October 2024