TY - CONF ID - 10442/12679 A1 - Kompitsas, M. G. A1 - A1 - Theodossiou, T. Y1 - 2001/// T1 - CN violet-band emission as a time-resolved optical probe of transient temperature, induced by laser ablation of type I collagen from bovine Achilles tendon T2 - Laser-tissue Interactions, Therapeutic Applications, and Photodynamic Therapy JF - Conference on Laser-Tissue Interactions, Therapeutic Applications, and Photodynamic Therapy VL - 2 IS - 33 SN - ISBN: 0-8194-4147-3 SN - 0277-786X PB - South P I East - International Society for Optical Engineering SP - 186–192EP - UR - https://hdl.handle.net/10442/12679 N2 - The B (2)Sigma(+)-->X (2)Sigma(+) violet band emission spectrum of CN following laser ablation of type I collagen was exploited for the estimation of the transient temperature of the plasma plume and consequently of the sample surface considering thermodynamic equilibrium. The temperature dependence upon experimental parameters, such as laser intensity and wavelength as well as delay of gated detection was obtained. The temperature was found to increase with increasing laser intensity and decrease with increasing gated time delay and laser wavelength. ER -