Abstract
The characteristics of the ultrashort pulse laser (USPL) ablation of biological tissues are investigated both theoretically and experimentally. Effective USPL parameters for minimal damage and high ablation rates are discussed. The USPL ablation process was studied using computer simulation. The ablation craters created on soft and hard tissues using USPL show minimal thermal or mechanical damage to the surrounding region indicating extremely accurate and precise tissue removal is possible. When the intensity is less than the optical breakdown threshold but higher than the thermal damage threshold which is highly dependent on repetition rate and beam size, significant thermal damage is possible.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Technical Digest |
| Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ, United States |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 43-44 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 Dec 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1999 Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optcis (CLEO/PACIFIC Rim '99) - Seoul, South Korea Duration: 1999 Aug 30 → 1999 Sep 3 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1999 Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optcis (CLEO/PACIFIC Rim '99) |
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| City | Seoul, South Korea |
| Period | 99/8/30 → 99/9/3 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
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Kim, B-M., Feit, M. D., Rubenchik, A. M., & Da Silva, L. B. (1999). Medical applications of ultrashort pulse lasers. In Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Technical Digest (Vol. 1, pp. 43-44). IEEE.