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Numerical modeling of plasma formation in skin tissues induced by nanosecond pulsed laser

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A numerical analysis is performed to investigate the comparative contribution of the mechanisms responsible for electron gain and losses in laser-induced breakdown of the skin tissues. In this regard, we adopted a simple theoretical formulation relying on the numerical solution of a rate equation that describes the growth of the electron density due to the joined effect of multiphoton, cascade and chromophore ionization processes. Here, the rate also includes the effect of electron loss due to diffusion and recombination processes. The analysis considered skin tissue irradiated by a Nd:YAG laser radiation in the 200–550 nm wavelength range with 6 ns pulse duration full-width half-maximum (FWHM).

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This work was supported by the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Agreement No. 451-03-9/2021-14/200122), RS MESTD, Project No. OI 171020, COST Action CA17126 “Towards understanding and modelling intense electronic excitation” and Madrid Regional Government project BIOPIELTEC-CM (S2018/BAA-4480).

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  1. Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Radoja Domanovića 12, Kragujevac, 34000, Serbia

    Hristina Delibasic & Violeta Petrovic

  2. Technical College of Applied Studies, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia

    Ivan Petrovic

  3. Centro Láser, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/ Alan Turing, 1, 28031, Madrid, Spain

    Carlos Molpeceres & Sara Lauzurica

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Delibasic, H., Petrovic, V., Petrovic, I. et al. Numerical modeling of plasma formation in skin tissues induced by nanosecond pulsed laser. Eur. Phys. J. D 75, 155 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00170-z

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