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Oscillations, Waves, and Interactions - GWDG

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Dynamics of pulsed laser tissue ablation 221<br />

Figure 3. Graphs illustrating the effects of dynamic optical properties of a water target<br />

produced by Er:YAG (λ = 2.94 µm) <strong>and</strong> Er:YSGG (λ = 2.79 µm) laser irradiation; top:<br />

variation of optical absorption coefficient of water with volumetric energy density. Data<br />

compiled from Refs. [16] <strong>and</strong> [17]; bottom: variation of optical penetration depth with incident<br />

radiant exposure. Optical penetration depth is defined as the location at which the<br />

volumetric energy density drops to 1/e of the surface value. Note that for incident radiant<br />

exposures F0 > 0.4 J/cm 2 , Er:YSGG laser irradiation offers more superficial energy<br />

deposition compared to Er:YAG laser irradiation.<br />

rates produced by pulsed laser ablation. However, the available UTS data suggest<br />

that the tissue strength under ablative conditions can be considerably higher than

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