Correction factor for ablation algorithms used in corneal refractive surgery with gaussian-profile beams

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 336-343

  Jiménez, José Ramón ^a   Anera, Rosario González ^a   Del Barco, Luis Jiménez ^a   Hita, Enrique ^a   Pérez Ocón, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR CORRECTION; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER PULSES; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT REFRACTION; POLARIZATION;

ABLATION ALGORITHMS; BEAM RADIUS; CORRECTION FACTORS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

LIGHT;

EID: 13544253633     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000336     Document Type: Article

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