CN violet-band emission as a time-resolved optical probe of transient temperature, induced by laser ablation of type I collagen from bovine Achilles tendon

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4433, Issue , 2001, Pages 186-192

  Kompitsas, M ^a,b,d   Theodossiou, T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Collagen; Laser ablation; Plasma emission; Vibrational temperature

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PROBES; TENDONS;

PLASMA EMISSION;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 0035760428     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.446525     Document Type: Article

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