...Front Matter Laser Safety in Specialized Applications reviews laser applications in a wide variety of fields where lasers have a real impact and potential for hazard but safety is rarely addressed. Those working in fields including astronomy, forensics, art restoration, LIDAR...

...Introduction Laser Safety in Specialized Applications reviews laser applications in a wide variety of fields where lasers have a real impact and potential for hazard but safety is rarely addressed. Those working in fields including astronomy, forensics, art restoration, LIDAR...

...Lasers Public and occupational health and safety The fundamental or guiding principle of laser safety is to make sure any exposure to a person's eyes or skin is at or below the threshold to cause injury. Everything else is the details of that goal. A number of standards exist as guidance...

...Environmental pollution Forensic science Lasers Introduction Lasers are found in a variety of devices and applications, including well-known uses such as laser-light shows, research and development, and certain medical procedures, as well as lesser-known uses such as communications and national...

...Space instruments Astronomy Observational astronomy Adaptive optics Lasers Introduction to Adaptive Optics The resolution of ground-based telescopes is limited by atmospheric turbulence. Consider the light from another galaxy traveling for millions of years, basically uninterrupted, to become...

...Astronomy Space station Spacecrafts Space navigation Spaceport Lasers Introduction Human space exploration is of vital importance for mankind's advances in science and technology. Based on establishing successful partnerships and collaborations among nations working together to expand...

...Interferometry Laser interferometry Gravity wave Public and occupational health and safety Lasers Introduction After a journey of some 1.4 billion years, on September 14, 2015, a faint 0.2 s long whisper was detected, first by a gravitational wave detector located in Livingston, Louisiana...

...Forensic science Lasers Elemental analysis Introduction Back in the 1970s, lasers were called a solution looking for a problem. I would say those days have long passed us. As an example, laser technology has added to the arsenal available to solve crimes, and an extremely wide number...

...Lasers Popular culture Public and occupational health and safety Laser pointers Introduction Lasers used in the workplace should be safe. The employer may have to ensure that additional safety control measures are introduced, staff trained, safety systems written, and, in some situations...

...The use of lasers by the academic community continues to dramatically escalate. Traditional departments, such as biology, chemistry, and physics, have introduced the use of lasers as essential tutelage. Even the more distinctive departments, such as cancer research, civil engineering, Earth...

...Any laser/laser system that is a Class 3B or Class 4 hazard classification is considered high risk and should not be used in an open-beam configuration in a public venue. Using a laser/laser system in these hazard classifications would meet the definition of an aerial/light show display...

...Lasers Fiber optics Fiber optic devices Public and occupational health and safety Diode Laboratories Introduction When people hear the phrase “fiber optic,” what most often comes to mind is communications—telecommunications, to be more specific. For many working in research and industrial...

...Any facility where potential exposure to Class 3B or Class 4 laser radiation exists, per the laser standards, requires a laser safety program. The fact that federal and state regulatory bodies look at the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards for lasers, in particular Z136.1 Safe...

...Laser specifications, laser type, laser class, wavelength, and maximum output wattage for each laser to be used. The appropriate eye protection, per the ANSI Z136.1 standard, and what eyewear will be used and how it will be fitted into or on the dive mask. Laser protective eyewear must...

...Lasers Public and occupational health and safety Forensic science Introduction Important Question to Ask: What is the Purpose of the Accident Investigation? The more obvious financial costs are those related to workers’ compensation claims, but these are only the direct costs of incidents...

...Index Laser Safety in Specialized Applications reviews laser applications in a wide variety of fields where lasers have a real impact and potential for hazard but safety is rarely addressed. Those working in fields including astronomy, forensics, art restoration, LIDAR, and underwater...

... applications or an early introduction to the field will find this book a valuable reference. Optics and optical physics Communications Optical communication systems Fiber optics Fiber optic devices Lasers I would like to dedicate this to my great uncle, Sergeant Henry Grace, Oxford and Bucks Light...

...Optics and optical physics Communications Optical communication systems Fiber optics Fiber optic devices Lasers Greek philosophers thought that sight was something emanating from the eyes, although Lucretius wrote in On the Nature of the Universe (55 b.c.e), “The light...

...Photodiodes Signal processing Crystal optics Gratings Electronic band structure Semiconductor lasers Lasers Light emitting diodes PIN diode Semiconductors Photon production Light is the generation, movement, and detection of photons. The word photon comes from the Greek word...

... applications or an early introduction to the field will find this book a valuable reference. Optics and optical physics Communications Optical communication systems Fiber optics Fiber optic devices Lasers ...