Retina: Pathology of Neodymium and Ruby Laser Burns

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Abstract
Chorioretinal lesions have been produced in monkeys during experiments with ruby and neodymium lasers. Most of the energy from the ruby laser (wavelength 6943 angstroms) is absorbed by the pigment epithelium, where the greatest damage appears. With the neodymium laser (10,600 angstroms) the neural portions of the retina absorb more of the energy than the pigment layer does; consequently these portions exhibit more damage than the pigment epithelium and adjacent tissues.

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