Tunable lasers in ophthalmology.
The present status of laser application in clinical ophthalmology is breifly reviewed. The potentials of tunable dye lasers as retinal photocoagulators are discussed. Selective irradiation of ocular tissues over the full visible spectrum and the simplicity and reliability of recently developed waveguide lasers are the most attractive features of these lasers. Waveguide dye lasers have permitted to set up very compact and simple retinal photocoagulators, with improved output intensity stability and nearfield distribution uniformity. Preliminary results obtained with pulsed Rhodamine 6G laser show that good retinal photocoagulations are obtained at very low output energies.
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