Our study showed that the SmartLipo appeared to be histologically effective for destruction of human fat tissue.

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Microlenses and microlens arrays were formed directly on a surface of a glass plate by use of a CO(2) laser. When the surface of a glass plate is heated locally to a working point of the glass material by use of a focused CO(2) laser beam, it tends to become a hyperboloid owing to surface tension, which results in a microlens. A profile of the microlens was measured with an ultrahigh accurate three-dimensional profilometer (Model UA3P, Matsusita Electric Industrial Company Ltd.) that utilizes a specially designed atomic force microscope. An intensity profile and a spot diameter at the focus of the microlens were measured with a microscope and a CCD system utilizing a He-Ne laser as a light source. The focused spot FWHM diameter of 1.35 mum was obtained, and the modulation transfer function was derived from the spot profile. Microlens arrays were also fabricated and characterized.

We present picosecond time resolved photoluminescence measurements of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dot structures-grown by modified droplet epitaxy-where no wetting layer is connecting the dots. We find a fast carrier relaxation time ͑30 ps͒ to the dot ground state, which becomes even faster for increasing the photogenerated carrier injection. This shows that the two-dimensional character of the wetting layer is not relevant in determining the quantum dot capture, in contrast with the conclusions of several models so far presented in literature. We discuss the role of the barrier states as well as the possibility of Auger processes involving the zero-dimensional levels of the quantum dots.