A Thermal Model of Laser Absorption

Abstract

We give a closed-form expression for the temperature change induced by exposure to a continuous wave Gaussian laser under the assumption that no heat transfer occurs in the biological tissue. An explicit dependence of temperature change on fluence is established.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADP023688

Entities

People

  • Dustin G. Mixon
  • William P. Roach

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Climate Change
  • Continuous Waves
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Heat Transfer
  • Laser Beams
  • Materials
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Radiation
  • Radio Frequency
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Waves

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers