Novel software platform for advanced optical radiation safety analysis Available to Purchase

This paper describes the development of a versatile software platform for the optical radiation safety based analysis of today’s generation of spectrally broad light sources such as the High Brightness light emitting diode (HB-LED), the intense pulsed lamp (IPL) and the Supercontinuum laser. The software is capable of implementing broadband source hazard analysis using the two main international standards for optical radiation safety, namely the IEC 60825 (‘laser’and IEC 62471 (‘lamp) series of standards, and allows the results of both analysis regimes to be compared with each other. Aside from its use as an investigative tool, the software also functions as a useful tutorial and training aid, allowing, for example, the user to explore the maximum permissible exposure limits in simultaneous dimensions of wavelength and time.