Optical breakdown in transparent media with adjustable axial length and location

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 24688-24698

  Toytman, Ilya ^a   Simanovski, Dmitri ^a   Palanker, Daniel ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; LENSES; LOCATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

AXIAL INTENSITY; AXIAL LENGTH; CATARACT SURGERIES; CRYSTALLINE LENS; FRESNEL DIFFRACTION THEORY; INCIDENT BEAMS; OPTICAL BREAKDOWN; PICOSECOND LASER; RADIAL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE PULSE; SURGICAL APPLICATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRANSMISSION PROFILES; TRANSPARENT MATERIAL; TRANSPARENT MEDIA;

ASPECT RATIO;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; PHOTON;

FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTONS; WATER;

EID: 78649697692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.024688     Document Type: Article

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