Scattering and thermal lensing of 2.12-µm laser radiation in biological tissue

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2216-2223

  Ith, Michael ^a   Frenz, Martin ^a   Weber, Heinz P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LENSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SOLID STATE LASERS; TISSUE;

THERMAL LENSING;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0038600694     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.002216     Document Type: Article

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