Intraocular laser surgical probe for membrane disruption by laser-induced breakdown

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1684-1693

  Hammer, Daniel X ^a   Noojin, Gary D ^b   Thomas, Robert J ^a   Clary, Candace E ^c,d   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^a   Toth, Cynthia A ^c   Roach, W P ^a,e  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TASC Inc   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation bubble; Collateral damage; Gradient index lens; Laser induced breakdown; Ophthalmic surgery; Plasma; Shock wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003770275     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.001684     Document Type: Article

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