Lasers and photothermal therapy

Lasers and photothermal therapy Lasers and photothermal therapy

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Background 1924 - Einstein and Bose - light could also stimulate atoms or molecules to emit light of the same kind. The basis of the laser ! 1954 - Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Townes and Shawlow Basov and Prokhorov 1960 - The first successful optical LASER by Maiman 1964 - the Nobel Prize in Physics “Laser Stars” http://home.achilles.net/~jtalbot/history/

Light-tissue tissue interaction Absorption of electromagnetic energy by a chromophore Absorption: P + hν → P*

Background<br />

1924 - Einstein <strong>and</strong> Bose - light could also<br />

stimulate atoms or molecules to emit light<br />

of the same kind. The basis of the laser !<br />

1954 - Microwave Amplification by<br />

Stimulated Emission of Radiation<br />

Townes <strong>and</strong> Shawlow<br />

Basov <strong>and</strong> Prokhorov<br />

1960 - The first successful<br />

optical LASER by Maiman<br />

1964 - the Nobel Prize in Physics “Laser Stars” http://home.achilles.net/~jtalbot/history/

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