Abstract
The collimated beam of a HeNe laser aimed tangentially at the equator of submerged bovine or rabbit ocular lenses enters the lens and travels in the surface of the lens. We suggest that the effect is the result of light conductance along the interface between the bulk of the lens (including the lens epithelium on the anterior surface) as the medium of higher refractive index and the capsule as a medium of lower refractive index. Light conductance can be demonstrated in isolated lenses as well as in intact eyes. It is very sensitive to alterations of the state of the lens and therefore it may offer a new method to study very early stages of lens damage and cataract formation.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1009-1017 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Experimental eye research |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1986 |
Funding
We should like to thank Mrs Rosaria Aguirre for her excellent technical assistance:-This work was carried out during the tenure of the grants CA39985 of the National Cancer Institute and DCB-8316918 from the National Science Foundation to G. A. -B., and the grant EY09698 from the National Eye Institute to N. S. R.
Keywords
- HeNe laser
- eye
- light conductance
- ocular lens
- sorbitol
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology
- Sensory Systems
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience