Laser amplification with a twist: Traveling-wave propagation and gain functions from throughout the cochlea

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2738-2758

  Shera, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; GAIN CONTROL; LASERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COCHLEA; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS; GAIN FUNCTIONS; HYDROMECHANICAL LASER ANALYZER;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANALYZER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CAT; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38049088927     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2783205     Document Type: Article

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