Research Article
The Ablation Properties of CO2 Laser Irradiating to Absorption Media: An In Vitro Study
Table 1
The actual powers of CO2 laser measured by the optical power meter.
| Regimes | Mean Power (mW) | Standard deviation | 95% confident interval (mW) | Calculated fluence (J/cm2) |
| 1 Watt | 20.5 | 8.87 | 16.35 to 24.65 | 146.43 | 2 Watt | 233.5 | 25.40 | 221.61 to 245.39 | 1,667.86 | 3 Watt | 642.5 | 42.41 | 622.65 to 662.35 | 4,589.29 | 1 Watt with laser absorption media | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 Watt with laser absorption media | 15.5 | 9.99 | 10.83 to 20.17 | 110.71 | 3 Watt with laser absorption media | 118 | 25.87 | 105.89 to 130.11 | 842.86 |
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Spot area: 0.0007 cm2.
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