Cryogen spray cooling: Effects of cryogen film on heat removal and light transmission

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4609, Issue , 2002, Pages 50-56

  Pikkula, Brian M ^a   Domankevitz, Yacov ^b   Tunnell, James W ^a   Anvari, Bahman ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b Candela Laser Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRYOGENICS; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; SURFACE TENSION;

CRYOGEN SPRAY COOLING (CSC);

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036399845     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.432078     Document Type: Article

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