Temperature dependence of water absorption for wavelengths at 1920 nm and 1940 nm

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 22, Issue , 2008, Pages 2228-2229

  Theisen Kunde, Dirk ^a   Danicke, Veit ^a   Wendt, Mario ^b   Brinkmann, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibre laser; Laser surgery; Thulium; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ABLATION EFFICIENCY; ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; BEER-LAMBERT'S LAW; FIBRE LASERS; IN-VIVO; QUARTZ FIBRES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; GLASS FIBERS; LASER SURGERY; QUARTZ; THULIUM;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 70350686018     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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