Wavelength dependence of femtosecond laser ablation threshold of corneal stroma

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4121-4129

  Olivie G ^a   Giguere D ^a   Vidal, F ^a   Ozaki, T ^a   Kieffer, J C ^a   Nada, O ^b   Brunette, I ^c  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TISSUE; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVELENGTH;

PORCINE CORNEAL STROMA; SURFACE ABLATION; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

LASER ABLATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA STROMA; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL SURGERY, LASER; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE;

EID: 41149159306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004121     Document Type: Article

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