Ocular Effects of Repetitive Laser Pulses

Abstract

An argon-ion laser was used to investigate the ocular effects of repetitive laser pulses on rhesus monkeys. The primate eyes were irradiated by trains of pulses held constant at 10 milliseconds, and the duration of the trains was kept uniform at 0.5 sec. The pulse repetition rate was used as a parameter and this parameter was varied to take on the values of 2 Hz(single pulse), 10 Hz, 100Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz. Retinal burn thresholds were determined based on the 1 hr criterion for the appearance of ophthalmoscopically visible lesions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1972
Accession Number
AD0746795

Entities

People

  • C. H. Skeen
  • G. G. Garza
  • J. H. Tips Jr.
  • M. G. Smith
  • W. R. Bruce

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Biological Sciences
  • Data Science
  • Energy Bands
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Ion Lasers
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Pulses
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Radiation
  • Repetition Rate
  • Rhesus Monkeys

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy