Non-thermal laser ablation model for micro-surgical applications

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 559-572

  Sentrayan, K ^a   Thorpe Jr , A ^a   Trouth, C O ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation Depth; Photochemical; Photothermal; Polyimide; Polymethyl Methacrylate; Thermal Relaxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009863598     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387019808002749     Document Type: Article

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