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PHOTOMECHANICAL EFFECT [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Surgery
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
CONT

The light absorption can cause three different types of biological effects in the skin: photomechanical, photothermal and photochemical. The photomechanical effect occurs when very short laser pulses, nanoseconds for the Q-switched [quality-switched] laser or picoseconds for the picosecond laser, produce very strong energies; in this way the tissue undergoes rapid thermal expansion, and an optical breakdown with intense shockwaves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers
  • Chirurgie
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
CONT

L'utilisation de laser ayant une durée d'émission très brève [...] génère, au niveau du tissu, des effets photomécaniques.

Key term(s)
  • effet photo-mécanique

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