Influence of optical aberrations on laser-induced plasma formation in water and their consequences for intraocular photodisruption

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 3636-3643

  Vogel, Alfred ^a   Nahen, Kester ^a   Theisen, Dirk ^a   Birngruber, Reginald ^a   Thomas, Robert J ^b   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^b  

^a MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000729173     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003636     Document Type: Article

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