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Daily Maintenance Duties
Vacuum Vents, Wipe Calport, Wipe Down Handpiece, Dust Box, Check Slider Window, Check Distilled
Water Level, Perform User Verification
What is in section 6 of the manual?
Fault Codes
What does L.A.S.E.R. stand for?
Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
What is an atom made of?
Electrons, nuetrons, and protons
What is a photon?
Packet of light energy
What is spontaneous emission?
Resting stage by emitting a photon
What is stimulated emission?
Excited stage by emitting two photons
A laser beam is generated by...
Amplification
Laser is light is...
Non-ionizing
What is ionizing radiation?
Gamma rays, x-rays, nuclear radiation that cause cell mutation
What is the electromagnetic radiation wave of an Alexandrite laser?
755nm
What is the electromagnetic radiation wave of a Nd:Yag laser?
1064nm
What is monochromatic?
, All one color
What is coherent?
All light waves are in the same phase and parallel
What is collimated?
All light waves are parallel
What is polychromatic?
Many colors white
What is incoherent?
Not the same direction
What is not collimated?
Not intense
What does the Nd:Yag laser target?
The hemoglobin and melanin in the hair follicle
What does the Alexandrite laser target?
Melanin like crazy
What makes the IPL different than a laser?
Doesn't get as much absorption as laser and is polychromatic, incoherent, and non collimated
What is a tattoo removal laser?
Q-switched laser
How is a Q-switched laser different than an Alex or a Nd:Yag laser?
It delivers the energy in a nano second and is photoacoustic
What is a nanometer?
Measurement of light energy
What is photothermolysis?
Destruction of a target by selective absorption of light energy
What is a chromophore?
The target of light. Blood, melanin, and water
What is phagocytosis?
Physiological process by which the body absorbs and eliminates the destroyed target