Dynamic behavior of the ablation products of biological soft tissue measured with FELIX

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2971, Issue , 1997, Pages 74-82

  Auerhammer, Jutta M ^a,b   Jean, Benedikt J ^b   Walker, Rudolf ^a,b   Van Der Meer, Alexander F G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ablation threshold fluence; Corneal tissue mid and far infrared; Free electron laser ablation; Initial velocity of ablated particles; Particle size; Recoil momentum

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMA THEORY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; ULTRASHORT PULSES; VELOCITY;

AB SORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ABLATION CLOUDS; ABLATION PRODUCTS; ABLATION THRESHOLD FLUENCE; BIOLOGICAL SOFT TISSUES; CORNEAL TISSUE MID AND FAR INFRARED; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; ELECTRON LASERS; FLUENCE; IN VITRO; INITIAL VELOCITY OF ABLATED PARTICLES; PORCINE CORNEAS; RECOIL MOMENTUM; STROBOSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; TIME- DELAYS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

ABLATION;

EID: 0344084805     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.275105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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