Investigation of nonlinear ocular media using femtosecond laser pulses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2974, Issue , 1997, Pages 66-74

  Potasek, Mary J ^a,b,c   Paul, Andrew E ^c  

^a Air Force Armstrong Lab San   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Lasers; Nonlinear propagation; Ocular media; Self focusing; Ultrashort pulses

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE PROPAGATIONS; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; MATERIAL DISPERSIONS; MATERIAL INTERACTIONS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; NEAR INFRARED; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; OCULAR MEDIA; PHYSICAL MECHANISMS; RADIAL DIFFRACTIONS; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES; SELF-FOCUSING; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0347482770     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.275229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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