Coherent - ANSWER-Focused into a perfect point. Single point light source
- sharp when focused
Collimated - ANSWER-Photons moving parallel to each other on the same wavelength for a long distance
Divergent - ANSWER-Photons traveling in multiple directions and speeds
E.M.S - ANSWER-electr...
Coherent - ANSWER-Focused into a perfect point. Single point light source
- sharp when focused
Collimated - ANSWER-Photons moving parallel to each other on the same wavelength
for a long distance
Divergent - ANSWER-Photons traveling in multiple directions and speeds
E.M.S - ANSWER-electromagnetic spectrum
Flashlamp - ANSWER-The controlled light source
Fluence - ANSWER-j/cm2
energy of pulsed laser beam
Ablation - ANSWER-blow up, remove, cut out, vaporize all or part of the epidermis and
dermis
Absorption - ANSWER-Tissue Reaction
Laser light looses its hear and energy to the chromophore
- usually happens to gray, light, or red hair
Active Medium - ANSWER-point at which light becomes a laser
- gas
- fluid
- solid state/stone
Amplitude - ANSWER-measurements from the top of the peak to the bottom of the peak
- measure in mu
Bipolar Coupling - ANSWER-Both electrodes are in contact with the skin, and the area
of current flow is limited with controlled depth and energy input
Chromophore - ANSWER-TARGET a tissue laser therapy
- blood
- pigment
- lipids
- water
nanometer (nm) - ANSWER-Wavelengths
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