A First-Order Model for Computation of Laser-Induced Breakdown Thresholds in Ocular and Aqueous Media: Part II—Comparison to Experiment

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 2250-2257

  Kennedy, Paul K ^a   Boppart, Stephen A ^a   Hammer, Daniel X ^a   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^a   Noojin, Gary D ^b   Roach, W P ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Antonio TX USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

BUBBLE ENDPOINT; CRITICAL DENSITIES; FLASH ENDPOINT; IRRADIANCE THRESHOLD; OCULAR BREAKDOWN; OCULAR DAMAGE MECHANISM; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PULSEWIDTH; THRESHOLD VALVES;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 0029484069     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.477754     Document Type: Article

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