Confocal imaging of thermal lensing induced by near-IR laser radiation in an artificial eye

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 740-747

  Vincelette, Rebecca L ^a,b   Oliver, Jeffrey W ^b   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^b   Thomas, Robert J ^c   Welch, Ashley J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cain cell; lasertissue interaction; nonlinear optics; thermal blooming

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ARTIFICIAL EYE; AT-WAVELENGTH; BEAM GEOMETRY; CONFOCAL IMAGING; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; FRAME-RATE; FUNCTION OF TIME; INPUT POWER; IR LASERS; NEAR-IR LASERS; PROBE BEAM; RADIATION SOURCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL RESPONSE; THERMAL LENS; THERMAL LENSING; VIDEO DATA;

INFRARED LASERS; LASER RADIATION; LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PROBES; QUANTUM OPTICS; VIDEO RECORDING;

THERMAL BLOOMING;

EID: 77951689080     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2037441     Document Type: Article

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