Abstract
The low-temperature cavitational disruption by trains of laser pulses was demonstrated in water. The trains used in the experiment were generated by a Raman laser at a wavelength of . The mean value of the fragmentation threshold energy density per pulse in a train was estimated to be equal to . The corresponding amplitude of the negative pressure had the order of at a temperature jump of only about . This result opens up prospects for developing precision nonthermal cavitational laser surgery.
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