Sub-50-fs laser retinal damage thresholds in primate eyes with group velocity dispersion, self-focusing and low-density plasmas

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-112

  Cain, Clarence P ^a   Thomas, Robert J ^b   Noojin, Gary D ^a   Stolarski, David J ^a   Kennedy, Paul K ^b   Buffington, Gavin D ^c   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISION TEST; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; EYE INJURIES; LASERS; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 14944342255     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-004-0924-9     Document Type: Article

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