A comparison of a first-order thermal lensing model to a closed aperture Z-scan for the propagation of light in ocular media

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6084, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Vincelette, Rebecca L ^a,b   Thomas, Robert J ^a   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^a   Welch, Ashley J ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical radiation; Retinal damage model; Thermal damage models; Thermal lensing; Z scan

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RADIATION; RETINAL DAMAGE MODEL; THERMAL DAMAGE MODELS; THERMAL LENSING; Z-SCAN;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DEVICES; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 33646197324     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.645445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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