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Lasers and photothermal therapy

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Photothermal damage<br />

Pulses with repetition rate f<br />

Relaxation time<br />

1<br />

τ =<br />

R<br />

4α<br />

2<br />

κ<br />

κ -10 -3 cm2·s-1<br />

α - 500 cm -1<br />

λ=10.6 µm CO 2<br />

f -1 > τ R = 1 ms<br />

f < 1000 Hz<br />

A.Katzir (1993) <strong>Lasers</strong> <strong>and</strong> Optical Fibers in Medicine.<br />

J.-L.Boulnois (1986) <strong>Lasers</strong> Med. Sci. 1, 47-66.

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