Scleral heating with pulsed mid-infrared lasers and temperature-dependent absorption coefficient

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2971, Issue , 1997, Pages 55-58

  Manns, Fabrice ^a   Parel, Jean Marie A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient; Heating; Laser; Laser scleral buckling; Laser thermokeratoplasty; Mid infrard lasers; Sclera; Temperature; Thermal model

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEATING; HOLMIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THULIUM;

AB SORPTION COEFFICIENTS; HEAT EQUATIONS; INFRARED LASERS; MID-INFRARD LASERS; SCLERA; STATIC MODELS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL MODEL; YAG LASERS;

LASERS;

EID: 0038246606     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.275124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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