Photoablation on bovine cornea with a Q-switch Er:YAG laser

Theo Lasser; Karl Ludwig; Alexei V. Lukashev; M. Heymann

doi:10.1117/12.137440

14 August 1992 Photoablation on bovine cornea with a Q-switch Er:YAG laser

Theo Lasser, Karl Ludwig, Alexei V. Lukashev, M. Heymann

Proceedings Volume 1644, Ophthalmic Technologies II; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137440
Event: OE/LASE '92, 1992, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Photoablation of ocular tissues can be performed with free running Er:lasers, but their application leads to significantly more thermal tissue damage than photoablation with ArF excimer lasers. This means a serious drawback to clinical investigations on treatments with Er:lasers. However, an essential reduction of the thermal damage zone is achieved by photoablation with a Q-switched Er:YAG laser (TEM_oo, tp equals 100 nsec). Detailed results of our work on bovine cornea are presented.

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Theo Lasser, Karl Ludwig, Alexei V. Lukashev, and M. Heymann "Photoablation on bovine cornea with a Q-switch Er:YAG laser", Proc. SPIE 1644, Ophthalmic Technologies II, (14 August 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137440

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