Pressure impulses during microsecond laser ablation

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 34, 1997, Pages 9034-9041

  Shangguan, HanQun ^a   Prahl, Scott A ^a,b   Casperson, Lee W ^c,d  

^a Oregon Medical Laser Center   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Laser ablation; Laser thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343874192     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.009034     Document Type: Article

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