#$%^&*AU2017203081A120170622.pdf#####2017203081 Examiner Abstract Abstract A system for ophthalmic surgery, comprising: a laser source configured to deliver a laser beam comprising a plurality of laser pulses having a wavelength between about 320 nanometers and about 430 nanometers and a pulse duration between about 1 picosecond and about 100 nanoseconds an optical system operatively coupled to the laser source and configured to focus and direct the laser beam in a pattern into one or more tissue structure targets within an eye of a patient, such that interaction between the one or more targets and the laser pulses is characterized by linear absorption enhanced photodecomposition without formation of a plasma or associated cavitation event and an exogenous chromophore introduced to the target structure to create/enhance linear absorption. In a preferred form the exogenous chromophore is trypan blue.
