Variation of laser induced retinal-damage threshold with retinal image size

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 74-80

  Zuclich, Joseph A ^a   Edsall, Peter R ^a   Lund, David J ^b   Stuck, Bruce E ^b   Hollins, Richard C ^c   Till, Stephen ^c   Smith, Peter A ^c   McLin, Leon N ^b   Kennedy, Paul K ^b  

^a TASC Inc   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damage threshold; Eye protection; Image size; Laser; Lesion; Retina; Spot size; Thermal model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001479873     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.521917     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. J. L. Guagliardo and R. C. Honey, Eye Protection of Military Personnel from Laser Radiation, Final Report, Stanford Research Institute, Project 6057, July 1984 (unpublished).
2. See Ref. 1, Stanford Research Institute, Project 7608, May 1985 (unpublished).
3. K. M. Nashold, R. A. Brown, R. C. Honey, D. P. Walter and K. R. Stadler, Optical Limiter Development, Final Report NADC-90078-60, Stanford Research Institute, Project 4424, May 1990 (unpublished).
4. K. Mansour, M. J. Soileau, and E. W. Van Stryland, "Nonlinear Optical Properties of Carbon-black Suspensions (ink)," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 9, 1100 (1992).
5. M. Shiek-Bahae, A. A. Said, D. J. Hagan, M. J. Soileau, and E. W. Van Stryland, "Nonlinear Refraction and Optical Limiting in Thick Media," Opt. Eng. 30, 1228 (1991).
6. L. W. Tutt and T. F. Boggess, "A Review of Optical Limiting Mechanisms and Devices Using Organics, Fullerenes, Semiconductors and Other Materials," Prog. Quantum Electron. 17, 299 (1993).
7. Materials for Optical Limiting, edited by R. Crane, K. Lewis, E. Van Stryland, and M. Khoshnevisan (Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 1995).
8. J. A. Zuclich, Study of Ocular Protection Provided by Non-linear Optical Switches, Final Report, TASC, Contract ELM/0874 (UK Defence Research Agency, Malvern, U.K., 1996).
9. J. A. Zuclich, D. J. Lund, P. R. Edsall, R. C. Hollins, P. A. Smith, B. E. Stuck, and L. N. McLin, "Experimental Study of the Variation of Laser-Induced Retinal Damage Threshold with Retinal Image Size (microsecond pulsewidths)," Nonlinear Opt. 21, 18 (1999).
10. ANSI Standard Z136.1, American National Standard for the Safe Use of Lasers (American National Standards Institute, Inc., New York, 1993).
11. IEC Publication 825, Standard on Radiation Safety of Laser Products, Equipment Classification, Requirements and User's Guide (International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva, 1993).
12. C. R. Thompson, "Melanin Granule Model for Heating of Tissue by Laser," Proc. SPIE 2134A, 66 (1994).
13. C. R. Thompson, B. S. Gerstman, S. L. Jacques, and M. E. Rogers, "Melanin Granule Model for Laser-Induced Thermal Damage in the Retina,v Bull. Math. Biol. 58, 513 (1996).
14. P. K. Kennedy, J. J. Druessel, J. M. Cupello, S. Till, B. S. Gerstman, C. R. Thompson, and B. A. Rockwell, "Parameter Sensitivity of the Thompson Granular Retinal Damage Model," Proc. SPIE 3254, 146 (1998).
15. D. S. Sliney and M. Wolbarsht, Safety with Lasers and Other Optical Sources (Plenum, New York, 1980).
16. D. H. Sliney, Interaction Mechanisms of Laser Radiation with Ocular Tissues, in "Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials," National Bureau of Standards, Publication SP 669, Jan 1984 (unpublished).
17. D. Courant, L. Court, and D. H. Sliney, Research Relative to Safety Formulations for Retinal Damage from Extended Sources and Large Retinal Images, Proc. of the Int. Laser Safety Conf. (Laser Institute of America, Orlando, FL, 1990).
18. C. P. Cain, C. A. Toth, G. D. Noojin, V. Carothers, D. J. Stolarski, and B. A. Rockwell, "Thresholds for Visible Lesions in the Primate Eye Produced by Ultrashort Near-infrared Laser Pulses," Invest. Ophthalmol. Visual Sci. 40, 2343 (1999).
19. G. D. Noojin, C. P. Cain, C. A. Toth, D. J. Stolarski, and B. A. Rockwell, "Comparison of Retinal Damage Thresholds of Laser Pulses in the Macula/paramacula Regions of the Live Eye," Proc. SPIE 3601A, 39 (1999).