Thomas J. Pacala
California Institute of Technology
28 Papers
483 Citations
Thomas J. Pacala is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Laser & Tunable laser. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 28 publications. Previous affiliations of Thomas J. Pacala include Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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Papers
Laser ablation of human atherosclerotic plaque without adjacent tissue injury.
Warren S. Grundfest,Frank Litvack,James S. Forrester,Tsvi Goldenberg,H.J.C. Swan,Leon Morgenstern,Michael C. Fishbein,I. Stuart McDermid,David M. Rider,Thomas J. Pacala,James B. Laudenslager +10 more
TL;DR: Preliminary experiments indicate that the excimer laser vaporizes tissue in a manner different from that of the continuous wave Nd:YAG or argon ion laser.
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Pulsed ultraviolet lasers and the potential for safe laser angioplasty
Warren S. Grundfest,I. Frank Litvack,Tsvl Goldenberg,Todd C. Sherman,Leon Morgenstern,Robert M. Carroll,Michael C. Fishbein,James S. Forrester,Jim Margitan,Stuart McDermid,Thomas J. Pacala,David M. Rider,James B. Laudenslager +12 more
TL;DR: Comparisons of the gross and histologic effects of pulsed 308 mm excimer irradiation to continuous-wave Nd laser irradiation suggest that rapid, precise endoscopic ablation of vascular and nonvascular tissue can be performed with very high precision with relatively little damage or risk to adjacent tissue.
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Pulsed laser angioplasty: wavelength power and energy dependencies relevant to clinical application.
Frank Litvack,Warren S. Grundfest,Tsvi Goldenberg,James B. Laudenslager,Thomas J. Pacala,Jacob Segalowitz,James S. Forrester +6 more
TL;DR: Long‐pulse ultraviolet wavelengths which could be transmitted through fiberoptics were identified as well suited for a clinical, submicrosecond pulsed laser angioplasty system.
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Ultranarrow linewidth, magnetically switched, long pulse, xenon chloride laser
TL;DR: In this article, a long-pulse, electric-discharge xenon chloride laser with intracavity Fabry-Perot etalons was used for multipass operation.
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Patent
Pulse switching for high energy lasers
James B. Laudenslager,Thomas J. Pacala +1 more
- 23 Mar 1979
TL;DR: In this article, a saturable inductor switch was proposed to accelerate the rise time of high voltage pulses from a relatively slow rise time, high voltage generator to an electric discharge gas laser (EDGL).
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