title: Technique for measurement of one-dimensional instantaneous ablation velocity.
abstract: An oscillating mirror scanned a He-Ne laser beam along the length of a thin rod while the rod was ablated by an argon laser beam. The shadow of the scanning beam on an image plane provides a picture of the instantaneous ablation velocity of the rod. This configuration provides a unique method for investigating one-dimensional ablation.
authors.affiliation: Bioengineering Program, Texas A & M University, College Station 77843.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rastegar
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: van Gemert
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Welch
mesh_terms: D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012212:Rheology; D014716:Vertical Dimension