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. 1961 Nov 10;134(3489):1525-6.
doi: 10.1126/science.134.3489.1525.

Ocular lesions produced by an optical maser (laser)

M M ZARET, G M BREININ, H SCHMIDT, H RIPPS, I M SIEGEL, L R SOLON

Ocular lesions produced by an optical maser (laser)

M M ZARET et al. Science. .

Abstract

Ocular lesions have been experimentally produced in rabbit by a pulsed optical maser (laser). The high-energy density delivered in a single 0.5 msec pulse was sufficient to cause instantaneous thermal injury to the pigmented retina and iris of the brown rabbit. Ophthalmoscopically, the retinal lesions resembled flash burns from an atomic fireball.

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