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Laser Pulses and the Generation of Acoustic Transients in Biological Material

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Laser Applications in Medicine and Biology

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Laser radiation, in addition to possessing unique optical properties such as spatial and temporal coherency, minimum angular beam divergence, polarization, and monochromaticity, may also provide a source of radiant energy of extremely high instantaneous power. Presently available laser sources operated in the Q-spoiled or giant-pulse mode produce megawatts of power in pulses of 20–50-nsec duration. Recently developed mode-locked lasers produce picosecond pulses with associated powers in the gigawatt range. That such high-transient-power densities may be generated from sources with relatively moderate total energy output (i.e., on the order of a few joules) suggests that unique power density—dependent effects must be considered in the evaluation of the effects of such radiation on physical or biological systems.

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Cleary, S.F. (1977). Laser Pulses and the Generation of Acoustic Transients in Biological Material. In: Wolbarsht, M.L. (eds) Laser Applications in Medicine and Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7326-5_2

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