Overexposure analysis of pulsed distributed feedback laser source

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 86-89

  Khan, Nasrullah ^a   Idrees, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIO EFFECT; LASER INDUCED SIDE EFFECTS; PHOTOTHERMOLYSES; TEMPERATURE PHASE GRATINGS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LASER; TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LASERS; METHODS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0034745203     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1332775     Document Type: Article

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