Thermal lensing from near-infrared laser radiation in an artificial eye

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7175, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Vincelette, Rebecca ^a   Oliver, Jeff ^b   Rockwell, Benjamin ^b   Thomas, Robert ^b   Welch, Ashley J ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial eye; Cain cell; Confocal imaging; Continuous wave; Laser safety; Laser tissue interaction; Near infrared; Nonlinear optics; Thermal blooming; Thermal lensing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EYE; CAIN CELL; CONFOCAL IMAGING; CONTINUOUS WAVE; NEAR-INFRARED; THERMAL LENSING;

CELL MEMBRANES; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER PULSES; LASER RADIATION; LASER SAFETY; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PROBES; PUMPS; THERMAL BLOOMING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VIDEO RECORDING;

LASERS;

EID: 65349090010     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.807971     Document Type: Conference Paper

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