Peer-Reviewed Publications
[1] Thomas C. Hutchens, Arash Darafsheh, Vasily N. Astratov, Amir Fardad, Andrew N. Antoszyk, Howard S. Ying, and Nathaniel M. Fried. “Characterization of novel microsphere chain fiber optic tips for potential use in ophthalmic laser surgery,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 17(6) June 2012. DOI
[2] Thomas C. Hutchens, Richard L. Blackmon, Pierce B. Irby, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Detachable fiber optic tips for use in thulium fiber laser lithotripsy,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 18(3) Mar 2013. DOI
[3] Christopher M. Cilip, Sarah B. Rosenbury, Nicholas Giglio, Thomas C. Hutchens, Gino R. Schweinsberger, Duane E. Kerr, Cassandra Latimer, William H. Nau, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Infrared laser thermal fusion of blood vessels: preliminary ex vivo tissue studies,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 18(5) May 2013. DOI
[4] Thomas C. Hutchens and Serhat Tozburun, Michael A. McClain, Gwen A. Lagoda, Arthur L. Burnett, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Temperature controlled optical stimulation of the rat prostate cavernous nerves,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 18(6) June 2013. DOI
[5] Thomas C. Hutchens, Richard L. Blackmon, Pierce B. Irby, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Hollow steel tips for reducing distal fiber burnback during Thulium fiber laser lithotripsy,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 18(7) July 2013. DOI
[6] Serhat Tozburun, Charlotte D. Stahl, Thomas C. Hutchens, Gwen A. Lagoda, Arthur L. Burnett, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Continuous-wave infrared subsurface optical stimulation of the rat prostate cavernous nerves using a 1490-nm diode laser,” Urology, Aug 2013. DOI
[7] Thomas C. Hutchens & Arash Darafsheh, Amir Fardad, Andrew N. Antoszyk, Howard S. Ying, Nathaniel M. Fried, and Vasily N. Astratov, “Detachable microsphere scalpel tips for potential use in ophthalmic surgery with the Erbium:YAG laser,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 19(1) Jan 2014. DOI
[8] Nicholas C. Giglio, Thomas C. Hutchens, William C. Perkins, Cassandra Latimer, Arlen Ward, William H. Nau, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Rapid sealing and cutting of porcine blood vessels, ex vivo, using a high-power, 1470-nm diode laser,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 19(3) Mar 2014. DOI
[9] Yue Dong, Thomas C. Hutchens, Brigid Mullany, Edward Morse, and Angela Davies, “Using a three-dimensional optical simulation to investigate uncertainty in image-based dimensional measurements,” Optical Engineering, 53(9) May 2014. DOI
[10] Richard L. Blackmon, Thomas C. Hutchens, Luke A. Hardy, Christopher R. Wilson, Pierce B. Irby, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Thulium fiber laser ablation of kidney stones using a 50-µm-core silica optical fiber,” Optical Engineering, 54(1) Aug 2014. DOI
[11] Christopher R. Wilson, Thomas C. Hutchens, Luke A. Hardy, Pierce B. Irby, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “A miniturized, 1.9F integrated optical fiber and stone basket for use in thulium fiber laser lithotripsy,” Journal of Endourology, May 2015. DOI
[12] Thomas C. Hutchens, David A. Gonzalez, Pierce B. Irby, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Fiber optic muzzle brake tip for reducing fiber burnback and stone retropulsion during thulium fiber laser lithotripsy,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 22(1) Jan 2017. DOI
[13] Christopher M. Cilip, Duane E. Kerr, Cassandra Latimer, Sarah B. Rosenbury, Nicholas Giglio, Thomas C. Hutchens, William H. Nau, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Infrared laser sealing of porcine vascular tissues using a 1470 nm diode laser: preliminary in vivo studies,” Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 49(4) Apr 2017. DOI
[14] Thomas C. Hutchens, David A. Gonzalez, Luke A. Hardy, C. Scott McLanahan, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Thulium fiber laser recanalization of occluded ventricular catheters in an ex vivo tissue model,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 22(4) Apr 2017. DOI
[15] Luke A. Hardy, Thomas C. Hutchens, Eric Larson, David A. Gonzalez, Chun-Hung Chang, William H. Nau, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Rapid sealing of porcine renal blood vessels, ex vivo, using a high power, 1470-nm laser and laparoscopic prototype,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 22(5) May 2017. DOI
[16] David A. Gonzalez, Luke A. Hardy, Thomas C. Hutchens, Pierce B. Irby, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Thulium fiber laser-induced vapor bubble dynamics using bare, tapered, ball, hollow steel, and muzzle brake fiber optic tips,” Optical Engineering, 57(3) Mar 2018. DOI
[17] Christopher R. Wilson, Thomas C. Hutchens, Gopal Sapkota, Jason R. Case, Matthew G. Potter, Lynda E. Busse, Jesse A. Frantz, L. Brandon Shaw, Jas S. Sanghera, Menelaos K. Poutous, and Ishwar D. Aggarwal, “Laser damage of silica optical windows with random antireflective structured surfaces,” Optical Engineering, 57(12) Nov 2018. DOI
[18] Kevin J. Major, Thomas C. Hutchens, Christopher R. Wilson, Menelaos K. Poutous, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, and Kenneth J. Ewing, “Discrimination between explosive materials and isomers using a human color vision-inspired sensing method,” Applied Spectroscopy, 73 (5) May 2019. DOI
[19] Nicholas C. Giglio, Thomas C. Hutchens, Austin A. South, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Dynamic properties of surfactant enhanced laser induced vapor bubbles for lithotripsy applications,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 26(1) Jan 2021. DOI
Conference Proceedings
[1] Arash Darafsheh, Anatole Lupu, S. A. Burand, Thomas C. Hutchens, Nathaniel M. Fried, and Vasily N. Astratov, “Photonic nanojet-induced modes: fundamentals and applications,” Proc. SPIE 8264, 2012. DOI
[2] Thomas C. Hutchens, Arash Darafsheh, Amir Fardad, Andrew N. Antoszyk, Howard S. Ying, Vasily N. Astratov, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Novel microsphere chain fiber tips for use in mid-infrared ophthalmic laser surgery,” Proc. SPIE 8218, 2012. DOI
[3] Charlotte D. Stahl, Serhat Tozburun, Thomas C. Hutchens, Gwen A. Lagoda, Arthur L. Burnett, Matthew D. Keller, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Comparison of three pulsed infrared lasers for optical stimulation of the rat prostate cavernous nerves,” Proc. SPIE 8565, 2013. DOI
[4] Serhat Tozburun, Charlotte D. Stahl, Thomas C. Hutchens, Gwen A. Lagoda, Arthur L. Burnett, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Subsurface optical stimulation of rat prostate cavernous nerves using a continuous wave, single mode, 1490 nm diode laser,” Proc. SPIE 8565, 2013. DOI
[5] Christopher M. Cilip, Sarah B. Rosenbury, Nicholas Giglio, Thomas C. Hutchens, Gino R. Schweinsberger, Duane E. Kerr, Cassandra Latimer, William H. Nau, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Thermal sealing of blood vessels using infrared lasers,” Proc. SPIE 8565, 2013. DOI
[6] Thomas C. Hutchens & Arash Darafsheh, Amir Fardad, Andrew N. Antoszyk, Howard S. Ying, Nathaniel M. Fried, and Vasily N. Astratov, “Contact focusing multimodal probes for potential use in ophthalmic surgery with the Erbium:YAG laser,” Proc. SPIE 8567, 2013. DOI
[7] Thomas C. Hutchens, Richard L. Blackmon, Pierce B. Irby, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Comparison of detachable and tapered fiber optic tips for use in thulium fiber laser lithotripsy,” Proc. SPIE 8565, 2013. DOI
[8] Christopher R. Wilson, Thomas C. Hutchens, Luke A. Hardy, Pierce B. Irby, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “An integrated fiber and stone basket device for use in thulium fiber laser lithotripsy,” Proc. SPIE 8926, 2014. DOI
[9] Richard L. Blackmon, Thomas C. Hutchens, Luke A. Hardy, Pierce B. Irby, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Characterization of a 50-µm-core optical fiber for potential use in thulium fiber laser lithotripsy,” Proc. SPIE 8926, 2014. DOI
[10] Nicholas C. Giglio, Thomas C. Hutchens, William C. Perkins, Cassandra Latimer, Arlen Ward, William H. Nau, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Rapid infrared laser sealing and cutting of porcine renel vessels, ex vivo,” Proc. SPIE 8926, 2014. DOI
[11] Christopher M. Cilip, Thomas C. Hutchens, Duane E. Kerr, Cassandra Latimer, Sarah B. Rosenbury, Nicholas C. Giglio, Gino R. Schweinsberger, William C. Perkins, Christopher R. Wilson, William H. Nau, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Infrared laser sealing of porcine tissues: preliminary in vivo studies,” Proc. SPIE 9303, 2015. DOI
[12] Thomas C. Hutchens, David A. Gonzalez, Pierce B. Irby, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Thulium fiber laser lithotripsy using a muzzle brake fiber tip,” Proc. SPIE 10038, 2017. DOI
[13] Luke A. Hardy, Thomas C. Hutchens, Eric R. Larson, David A. Gonzalez, Chun-Hung Chang, William H. Nau, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Laproscopic prototype for optical sealing of renal blood vessels,” Proc. SPIE 10038, 2017. DOI
[14] David A. Gonzalez, Luke A. Hardy, Thomas C. Hutchens, Pierce B. Irby, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Thulium fiber laser induced vapor bubbles using bare, tapered, ball, hollow steel, and muzzle brake fiber optic tips,” Proc. SPIE 10468, 2018. DOI
[15] Christopher R. Wilson, Thomas C. Hutchens, Lynda E. Busse, Jesse A. Frantz, L. Brandon Shaw, Jas S. Sanghera, and Ishwar D. Aggarwal, “Long-duration CW laser testing of optical windows with random antireflective surface structures on both interfaces: preliminary results,” Proc. SPIE 10627, 2018. DOI
[16] Kevin J. Major, Kenneth J. Ewing, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Thomas C. Hutchens, Menelaos K. Poutous, Matthew G. Potter, Christopher R. Wilson, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Mikella E. Farrell, Ellen L. Holthoff, and Paul M. Pellegrino, “High-confidence discrimination of explosive materials on surfaces using a non-spectroscopic optical biomimetic sensing method,” Proc. SPIE 10629, 2018. DOI
[17] Christopher R. Wilson, Thomas C. Hutchens, Jesse A. Frantz, Lynda E. Busse, L. Brandon Shaw, Jas S. Sanghera, and Ishwar D. Aggarwal, “Laser damage testing of windows with anti-reflection structured surfaces for high power continuous-wave near-infrared laser applications,” Proc. SPIE 10985, 2019. DOI
[18] Thomas C. Hutchens, Christopher R. Wilson, Matthew G. Potter, Menelaos K. Poutous, Kevin J. Major, Kenneth J. Ewing, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, and Ishwar D. Aggarwal, “Infrared reflectance characterization of ammonium nitrate residue on roughened aluminum for potential bioinspired stand-off sensor,” Proc. SPIE 11010, 2019. DOI
[19] Kevin J. Major, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Thomas C. Hutchens, Menelaos K. Poutous, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, and Kenneth J. Ewing, “Examination of stochastic and ordered methods to select optical filters for discrimination between chemical vibrational absorption bands,” Proc. SPIE 11010, 2019. DOI
[20] Kevin J. Major, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Mikella E. Farrell, Ellen L. Holthoff, Paul M. Pellegrino, Thomas C. Hutchens, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, and Kenneth J Ewing, “Experimental considerations for the proximate standoff detection of highly scattering hazardous materials using infrared techniques,” Proc. SPIE 11010, 2019. DOI
[21] Christopher R. Wilson, Thomas C. Hutchens, Lynda E. Busse, Jesse A. Frantz, L. Brandon Shaw, Jas S. Sanghera, and Ishwar D. Aggarwal, “Anti-reflective structured surfaces on soda-lime windows for high power laser applications,” Proc. SPIE 11403, 2020. DOI
[22] Nicholas C. Giglio, Thomas C. Hutchens, Christopher R. Wilson, David A. Gonzalez, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Surfactant Enhanced Laser-Induced Vapor Bubbles for Potential use in Thulium Fiber Laser Lithotripsy,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), Montreal, QC, Canada, pp. 5045-5048, 2020. DOI
[23] Thomas C. Hutchens, Nicholas C. Giglio, Christopher M. Cilip, Sarah B. Rosenbury, Luke A. Hardy, Duane E. Kerr, William H. Nau, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Novel Optical Linear Beam Shaping Designs for use in Laparoscopic Laser Sealing of Vascular Tissues,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), Montreal, QC, Canada, pp. 5049-5052, 2020. DOI
[24] Nicholas C. Giglio, Thomas C. Hutchens, Christopher M. Cilip, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Optical coherence tomography for use in infrared laser sealing of blood vessels,” IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), Vancouver, BC, Canada, pp. 1-2, 2020. DOI
[25] Grant W. Bidney, Boya Jin, Lou Deguzman, Thomas C. Hutchens, Joshua M. Duran, Gamini Ariyawansa, Igor Anisimov, Nicholaos I. Limberopoulos, Augustine M. Urbas, Kenneth W. Allen, Sarath D. Gunapala, and Vasily N. Astratov, “Anisotropic Wet Etching of Si as a Fabrication Tool Enabling 3-D Microphotonics Structures and Devices,” NAECON 2021 – IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, pp. 146-149, 2021. DOI
[26] Grant W. Bidney, Boya Jin, Lou Deguzman, Thomas C. Hutchens, Joshua M. Duran, Gamini Ariyawansa, Igor Anisimov, Nicholaos I. Limberopoulos, Augustine M. Urbas, Kenneth W. Allen, Sarath D. Gunapala, and Vasily N. Astratov “Fabrication of 3-D light concentrating microphotonic structures by anisotropic wet etching of silicon,” Proc. SPIE 12012, 2022. DOI
[27] Thomas C. Hutchens, Christopher R. Wilson, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Lynda E. Busse, Jesse A. Frantz, L. Brandon Shaw, and Jas S. Sanghera, “Broadband transmission enhancement of B270 via random antireflective structured surfaces,” Proc. SPIE 12103, 2022. DOI
[28] Woheeb M. Saeed, Thomas C. Hutchens, and Nathaniel M. Fried, “Comparison of surfactants for enhancing laser-induced vapor bubble dimensions,” Proc. SPIE 12353, 2023. DOI
[29] Benjamin A. Vaca, Jude K. Yoshino, Tyler A. Benge, William E. Genet, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, and Thomas C. Hutchens, “Transmission enhancement via metasurfaces with tunable waveband performance by dewetting and seeded masking” Proc. SPIE 13042, 2024. DOI
[30] Benjamin A. Vaca, Jude K. Yoshino, William E. Genet, Tyler A. Benge, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, and Thomas C. Hutchens, “Metal Etch Mask Morphology for Silica Optical Windows Verified by Transmission Spectra” Proc. CLEO 4024509, 2024 (in press).
[31] Benjamin A. Vaca, Jude K. Yoshino, William E. Genet, Tyler A. Benge, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, and Thomas C. Hutchens, “Incremental Plasma Etching and Depletion of Metal Mask for Generating ARSS on Fused Silica Optical Windows” Proc. CLEO 4030392, 2024 (in press).
Patents (Non-Provisional)
[1] Nathaniel. M. Fried, Richard L. Blackmon, Pierce B. Irby, and Thomas C. Hutchens, “System for TFL lithotripsy, including endoscope with detachable and replaceable wave guide and method for use,” Pub. # US 9,907,616 B1, Appl. #14/181,611. Filed (2014/02/14). Published (2018/03/06). https://www.freepatentsonline.com/9907616.html
[2] Nathaniel. M. Fried, Thomas C. Hutchens, Luke A. Hardy, William H. Nau, Eric R. Larson, Thomas W. Meiser, and Duane E. Kerr, “Reflectors for Optical-Based Vessel Sealing,” Pub. # US 2021/0038308 A1, Appl. #17/080,012. Filed (2020/10/26). Published (2023/03/07). https://www.freepatentsonline.com/11596476.html
[3] Thomas C. Hutchens, Nathaniel. M. Fried, Nicholas C. Giglio, “Methods and systems for surfactant enhanced laser-induced vapor bubbles for use in laser lithotripsy,” Pub. #US 2023/0190373 A1, Appl. #17/922,148. Filed (2021/04/29). Published (2023/06/22). https://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2023/0190373.html
Dissertation
2013: “Novel Fiber Optic Tip Designs and Devices For Laser Surgery”
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