TY  - JOUR
A1  - Boggio, Jose M. Chavez
A1  - Bodenmueller, D.
A1  - Fremberg, T.
A1  - Haynes, R.
A1  - Roth, Martin M.
A1  - Eisermann, R.
A1  - Lisker, M.
A1  - Zimmermann, L.
A1  - Boehm, Michael
T1  - Dispersion engineered silicon nitride waveguides by geometrical and refractive-index optimization
JF  - Journal of the Optical Society of America : B, Optical physics
N2  - Dispersion engineering in silicon nitride (SiXNY) waveguides is investigated through the optimization of the waveguide transversal dimensions and refractive indices in a multicladding arrangement. Ultraflat dispersion of -84.0 +/- 0.5 ps/nm/km between 1700 and 2440 nm and 1.5 +/- 3 ps/nm/km between 1670 and 2500 nm is numerically demonstrated. It is shown that typical refractive index fluctuations as well as dimension fluctuations during fabrication of the SiXNY waveguides are a limitation for obtaining ultraflat dispersion profiles. Single- and multicladding waveguides are fabricated and their dispersion profiles measured (over nearly 1000 nm) using a low-coherence frequency domain interferometric technique. By appropriate thickness optimization, the zero-dispersion wavelength is tuned over a large spectral range in single-and multicladding waveguides with small refractive index contrast (3%). A flat dispersion profile with +/- 3.2 ps/nm/km variation over 500 nm is obtained in a multicladding waveguide fabricated with a refractive index contrast of 37%. Finally, we generate a nearly three-octave supercontinuum in this dispersion flattened multicladding SiXNY waveguide. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.31.002846
SN  - 0740-3224
SN  - 1520-8540
VL  - 31
IS  - 11
SP  - 2846
EP  - 2857
PB  - Optical Society of America
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Meyer, M. F.
A1  - Bacher, R.
A1  - Roth, Kersten S.
A1  - Beutner, D.
A1  - Luers, J. C.
T1  - Systematic analysis of the readability of patient information on websites of German nonuniversity ENT hospitals
JF  - HNO
N2  - Besides their function as one of the main contact points, websites of hospitals serve as medical information portals. All patients should be able to understand medical information texts; regardless of their literacy skills and educational level. Online texts should thus have an appropriate structure to ease their comprehension.
 Patient information texts on every German nonuniversity ENT hospital website (n = 125) were systematically analysed. For ten different ENT topics a representative medical information text was extracted from each website. Using objective text parameters and five established readability indices, the texts were analysed in terms of their readability and structure. Furthermore, we stratified the analysis in relation to the hospital organisation system and geographical region in Germany.
 Texts from 142 internet sites could be used for the definite analysis. On average, texts consisted of 15 sentences and 237 words. Readability indices congruously showed that the analysed texts could generally only be understood by a well-educated or even academic reader.
 The majority of patient information texts on German hospital websites are difficult to understand for most patients. In order to fulfil their goal of adequately informing the general population about disease, therapeutic options and the particular focal points of the clinic, a revision of most medical texts on the websites of German ENT hospitals is recommended.
KW  - Patient information
KW  - Health literacy
KW  - Readability
KW  - Comprehensibility
KW  - Internet
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00106-013-2799-8
SN  - 0017-6192
SN  - 1433-0458
VL  - 62
IS  - 3
SP  - 186
EP  - +
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schmaelzlin, Elmar
A1  - Moralejo, Benito
A1  - Rutowska, Monika
A1  - Monreal-Ibero, Ana
A1  - Sandin, Christer
A1  - Tarcea, Nicolae
A1  - Popp, Juergen
A1  - Roth, Martin M.
T1  - Raman imaging with a fiber-coupled multichannel spectrograph
JF  - Sensors
N2  - Until now, spatially resolved Raman Spectroscopy has required to scan a sample under investigation in a time-consuming step-by-step procedure. Here, we present a technique that allows the capture of an entire Raman image with only one single exposure. The Raman scattering arising from the sample was collected with a fiber-coupled high-performance astronomy spectrograph. The probe head consisting of an array of 20 x 20 multimode fibers was linked to the camera port of a microscope. To demonstrate the high potential of this new concept, Raman images of reference samples were recorded. Entire chemical maps were received without the need for a scanning procedure.
KW  - multichannel Raman spectroscopy
KW  - astronomy spectrograph
KW  - optical fiber bundle
KW  - Raman imaging
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/s141121968
SN  - 1424-8220
VL  - 14
IS  - 11
SP  - 21968
EP  - 21980
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -