Geometrical analysis of the loss of ablation efficiency at non-normal incidence

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3877-3895

  Arba Mosquera, Samuel ^a,b   De Ortueta, Diego ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b SCHWIND eye tech solutions   (Germany)

^c Augenzentrum Recklinghausen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER EXTRACTION;

ABLATION EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS; NON NORMAL INCIDENCE; SYSTEM GEOMETRY;

LASER ABLATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REFRACTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149117160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.003877     Document Type: Article

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