PROBABILITY ANALYSIS OF OCULAR DAMAGE DUE TO LASER RADIATION THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE

Abstract

A mamthematical model is developed which predicts the probability of ocular damage occurring to personnel illuminated by a pulsed laser beam as a function of the appropriate optical and atmospheric parameters. The evaluation includes terms for the laser output energy and divergence, and atmospheric parameters of attenuation and scintillation. Sample computations are shown, and a safety nomograph is developed to facilitate the eye hazard analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0697151

Entities

People

  • Paul H. Deitz

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Attenuation
  • Attenuation
  • Computations
  • Distribution Curves
  • Eye Safety
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Models
  • Nomographs
  • Probability
  • Pulsed Lasers
  • Radiation
  • Range Finders
  • Safety
  • Scintillation
  • Temperature Gradients

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Regression Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy