A mixture of ionized gas and metal vapor generated by impingement of the laser beam onto a material being welded or a weld joint. The plume causes absorption and/or scattering of the incident laser beam. In laser surgery, water vapor containing bits...

A laser crystal, also known as an active medium or gain medium, is a solid-state material used in the construction of...

An excimer laser is a type of ultraviolet laser that emits short pulses of light in the ultraviolet spectrum. The term...

An Er:YAG laser is a type of solid-state laser that uses a crystal made of erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet...

An instrument for eye surgery that directs intense xenon arc light through the transparent cornea lens to the retina where...

A fiber laser is a type of laser in which the active gain medium is an optical fiber doped with rare-earth ions such as...

Sapphire optical fiber is a type of optical fiber made from single-crystal sapphire, which is a form of aluminum oxide...

Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine that focuses on the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the eyes and visual system....

Laser surgery refers to a medical procedure in which a laser, or focused beam of light, is used as a precision tool to cut,...

A laser diode module is a compact device that incorporates a laser diode, optics, and often other components into a single...

A YAG crystal refers to a solid-state crystal made of yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG), which is a synthetic crystalline...

An endoscope is a medical device used for visualizing and examining the interior of hollow organs, body cavities, or...

An alexandrite laser is a solid-state laser that utilizes a synthetic crystal made from the rare earth element alexandrite...

Micro-robotics refers to the field of robotics that involves the design, development, and application of miniature robotic...

A small fiber optic endoscope used in laser surgery.

A naturally occurring pigment in tissue that may selectively absorb certain wavelengths and can be used to aid in targeting...

A blue diode laser is a type of semiconductor laser that emits light in the blue wavelength range of the electromagnetic...

A femtosecond laser is a type of laser that emits ultrashort pulses of light with durations on the order of femtoseconds,...

Harmonic generation refers to a nonlinear optical process in which incoming photons interact with a material and produce new...

Time-lapse optical coherence tomography (OCT) refers to a medical imaging technique that captures a series of sequential OCT...

Holmium lasers are a type of medical laser that utilizes holmium-doped crystals as the gain medium. The term holmium laser...

Laser surgery by means of a low-power laser system using a synthetic sapphire scalpel that transmits the laser light while...

A GaAlAs laser is a type of semiconductor laser diode that emits light in the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic...