created when a ruby laser iI' focused in (f cell of benzene emerges to form a pattern of brightly colored rings. Nell' ji-equencies come from Raman resonances in the benzene. Courtesy of R. W. Terhune. Laser beam enlers a crystal of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate as red Ughl and emerges as blue-the second harmonic. Courte:;J' of R. W. Terhune.

Type Device Wavelength (nm) Band Helium-Neon Tank, gunnery trainer 642.8 Visible (red) Ruby Rangefinder 694.3 Visible (red) Gallium-Arsenide MILES 905.0 Near-infrared Nd:YAG Rangefinder, target designator 1,064.0 Near-infrared Carbon Dioxide Rangefinder 10,600.0 Far-infrared MILES: multiple integrated laser engagement system Nd:YAG: neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet Adapted from Headquarters, D...

We investigated the effects of Ga-Al-As laser irradiation on the mineralization ability of human dental pulp (HDP) cells and on Smads and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) production as one mechanism for the transmission of laser photochemical energy to cells. HDP cells in vitro were irradiated once with a Ga-Al-As laser at 1.0 W for 500 s, and calcified nodule formation was assessed by Alizarin...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to investigate the effects of low-level laser (LLL) doses on human red blood cell volume. The effects of exposure to a diode pump solid state (DPSS) (λ = 405 nm) laser were observed. BACKGROUND DATA The response of human blood to LLL irradiation gives important information about the mechanism of interaction of laser light with living organisms. Materials and...

We suggest a novel method that uses artificial blood cells (hemoglobin vesicles, Hb-Vs) as photosensitizers in dye laser treatment (at 595-nm wavelength) for port-wine stains (i.e., capillary malformations presenting as red birthmarks) based on the results of animal experiments. As compared with human red blood cells, Hb-Vs have the same absorbance of 595 nm wavelength light and produce the sam...

PURPOSE In Asian countries, laser iridotomy for the treatment of angle-closure glaucoma is a common cause of bullous keratopathy, which may be associated with a shallow anterior chamber and dark iris pigmentation in Asians. Several cases of corneal decompensation after argon laser iridotomy have been reported. In the present study, we evaluated the harmful effects of argon laser iridotomy on th...

Using a pulsed UV laser in a confocal scanning microscope, we present a relatively cheap, accurate and efficient method for fast UV laser flash photolysis of caged molecules in two-dimensional cultured neurons. The laser light is introduced through the imaging optics, can be localized by a parallel red laser and can photolyse a sphere of less than 1 microm2, and evoke local fluorescence changes...

Nickel ferrite nanoparticles are synthesized by pulsed laser ablation of corresponding bulk target in the double distilled water. Focused output of fundamental and third harmonics from pulsed Nd:YAG laser operating at 40 and 25 mJ/pulse energy respectively was allowed to irradiate the target. Produced colloidal solution was red in color and stable for several days. XRD, FTIR, VSM techniques are...

Digital microfluidic devices allow the manipulation of droplets between two parallel electrodes. These electrodes can act as mirrors generating a micro-cavity, which can be exploited for a droplet dye-laser. Three representative laser-dyes with emission wavelengths spanning the whole visible spectrum are chosen to show the applicability of this concept. Sub-microlitre droplets of laser-dye solu...

Red light (c. 630 nm) is almost universally used in tumour phototherapy as it is the most penetrating of the porphyrin excitation wavebands. However, measurements of tumour attenuation of light of different wavelengths and of the excitation spectrum of haematoporphyrin derivative in vitro suggested that green light might be more efficient than red in destroying thin tumours. Experimentally, we ...