A thermal model of laser absorption

Dustin G. Mixon; William P. Roach

doi:10.1117/12.700910

19 February 2007 A thermal model of laser absorption

Dustin G. Mixon, William P. Roach

Proceedings Volume 6435, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XVIII; 643506 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.700910
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We give a closed-form expression for the temperature change induced by exposure to a continuous wave Gaussian laser under the assumption that no heat transfer occurs in the biological tissue. An explicit dependence of temperature change on fluence is established.

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Dustin G. Mixon and William P. Roach "A thermal model of laser absorption", Proc. SPIE 6435, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XVIII, 643506 (19 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.700910

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