Modeling and simulation tools for high-energy laser safety applications

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4367, Issue , 2001, Pages 478-485

  Smith, P A ^a   Van Veldhuizen, David A ^b   Keppler, Ken S ^a  

^a Litton TASC   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterministic; Laser safety; Probabilistic; Risk models; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; PROBABILITY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

LASER RANGE SAFETY TOOLS (LRST);

MILITARY APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0035758812     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.440053     Document Type: Article

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