Title :
Effect of femtosecond laser pulse energy and repetition rate on laser induced second and third harmonic generation in corneal tissue
Author :
Calhoun, William R. ; Ilev, Ilko
Author_Institution :
Center for Devices & Radiol. Health, Opt. Therapeutics & Med. Nanophotonics Lab., Silver Spring, MD, USA
Abstract :
We present a quantitative study on the effect of femtosecond laser pulse energy and repetition rate on the intensity and duration of the laser induced second and third harmonic generation in fresh corneal tissue.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biological tissues; eye; high-speed optical techniques; laser applications in medicine; optical harmonic generation; surgery; femtosecond laser pulse energy; fresh corneal tissue; laser duration; laser intensity; laser-induced second harmonic generation; laser-induced third harmonic generation; repetition rate; Biomedical optical imaging; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Surgery; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
