Medical applications of mid-IR solid-state lasers

NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 575-588

  Steiner, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser; Holmium laser; Lasers in dentistry; Medical laser applications; Thulium laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149147153     PISSN: 18714668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6463-0_20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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