A high repetition rate TEA CO 2 laser operating at λ=9.3-μm for the rapid and conservative ablation and modification of dental hard tissues

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6137, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Fan, Kenneth ^a   Fried, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FTIR; Hard tissue ablation; Laser dentistry; TEA CO 2 laser; Water spray

Indexed keywords

HARD TISSUE ABLATION; LASER DENTISTRY; TEA CO2 LASER; WATER-SPRAY;

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITION; DENTAL MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROXYAPATITE; LASER PULSES; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SCANNING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TISSUE; WAVEGUIDES;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 33745345280     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.661794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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