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Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Aufsatznummer | 015602 |
Fachzeitschrift | Laser physics letters |
Jahrgang | 15 |
Ausgabenummer | 1 |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 13 Dez. 2017 |
Extern publiziert | Ja |
Abstract
A two-photon laser femtosecond crosslinking process at the wavelength of 525 nm was studied in a human donor cornea in the presence of riboflavin using two-photon optical microscopy and nanoindentation. It was shown that such an approach results in efficient crosslinking of the corneal collagen and a significant (three-fold) increase in the Young's modulus of the corneal structure. Application of a femtosecond laser with the wavelength of 525 nm allows a drastic enhancement of efficiency in the presence of riboflavin on human corneas and a 50-fold reduction of the laser treatment duration in comparison with the use of a femtosecond laser with the wavelength of 760 nm. We relate this effect to a significant growth in the coefficient of two-photon absorption due to the laser wavelength falling within the edge of the photoinitiator (riboflavin) absorption band. Our studies on a donor human cornea demonstrate the good potential for the clinical application of a femtosecond laser with the wavelength of 525 nm for increasing the cornea rigidity using the two-photon laser femtosecond crosslinking technique.
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in: Laser physics letters, Jahrgang 15, Nr. 1, 015602, 13.12.2017.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Highly effective 525 nm femtosecond laser crosslinking of collagen and strengthening of a human donor cornea
AU - Shavkuta, B. S.
AU - Gerasimov, M. Y.
AU - Minaev, N. V.
AU - Kuznetsova, D. S.
AU - Dudenkova, V. V.
AU - Mushkova, I. A.
AU - Malyugin, B. E.
AU - Kotova, S. L.
AU - Timashev, P. S.
AU - Kostenev, S. V.
AU - Chichkov, B. N.
AU - Bagratashvili, V. N.
N1 - Funding information: This work was supported by a grant of the Government of Russian Federation for the Support of Scientific Investigations under the Supervision of Leading Scientists (Contract no. 14.B25.31.0019).
PY - 2017/12/13
Y1 - 2017/12/13
N2 - A two-photon laser femtosecond crosslinking process at the wavelength of 525 nm was studied in a human donor cornea in the presence of riboflavin using two-photon optical microscopy and nanoindentation. It was shown that such an approach results in efficient crosslinking of the corneal collagen and a significant (three-fold) increase in the Young's modulus of the corneal structure. Application of a femtosecond laser with the wavelength of 525 nm allows a drastic enhancement of efficiency in the presence of riboflavin on human corneas and a 50-fold reduction of the laser treatment duration in comparison with the use of a femtosecond laser with the wavelength of 760 nm. We relate this effect to a significant growth in the coefficient of two-photon absorption due to the laser wavelength falling within the edge of the photoinitiator (riboflavin) absorption band. Our studies on a donor human cornea demonstrate the good potential for the clinical application of a femtosecond laser with the wavelength of 525 nm for increasing the cornea rigidity using the two-photon laser femtosecond crosslinking technique.
AB - A two-photon laser femtosecond crosslinking process at the wavelength of 525 nm was studied in a human donor cornea in the presence of riboflavin using two-photon optical microscopy and nanoindentation. It was shown that such an approach results in efficient crosslinking of the corneal collagen and a significant (three-fold) increase in the Young's modulus of the corneal structure. Application of a femtosecond laser with the wavelength of 525 nm allows a drastic enhancement of efficiency in the presence of riboflavin on human corneas and a 50-fold reduction of the laser treatment duration in comparison with the use of a femtosecond laser with the wavelength of 760 nm. We relate this effect to a significant growth in the coefficient of two-photon absorption due to the laser wavelength falling within the edge of the photoinitiator (riboflavin) absorption band. Our studies on a donor human cornea demonstrate the good potential for the clinical application of a femtosecond laser with the wavelength of 525 nm for increasing the cornea rigidity using the two-photon laser femtosecond crosslinking technique.
KW - 525 nm femtosecond laser
KW - human cornea
KW - keratoconus
KW - micromechanical properties
KW - riboflavin
KW - two-photon collagen crosslinking
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U2 - 10.1088/1612-202x/aa963b
DO - 10.1088/1612-202x/aa963b
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85043449761
VL - 15
JO - Laser physics letters
JF - Laser physics letters
SN - 1612-2011
IS - 1
M1 - 015602
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