Coagulation and ablation of biological soft tissue by quantum cascade laser with peak wavelength of 5.7 μm

Keisuke Hashimura; Katsunori Ishii; Naota Akikusa; Tadataka Edamura; Harumasa Yoshida; Kunio Awazu

doi:10.1142/s1793545814500291

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