On Acceptable Exposures to Short Pulses of Electromagnetic Fields

Abstract

This report presents a targeted survey of standards and other research on the safety to humans of short pulses of electromagnetic radiation. Special attention is paid to a ten nanosecond pulse allowing a comparison of the permitted power levels according to various standards and recent research. This report notes that power levels allowed by IEEE standards have, in some cases, changed by several orders of magnitude over recent years. Recent research is presented showing that the adequacy of current standards is far from a settled issue.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA624645

Entities

People

  • Francis X. Canning

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Bandwidth
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dielectrics
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Frequency
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Nato
  • Power Levels
  • Radiation
  • Radio Frequency
  • Repetition Rate
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design