Eye-safe solid state lasers for rangefinders

D. P. Juyal; N. S. Vasan

doi:10.1117/12.346796

29 April 1999 Eye-safe solid state lasers for rangefinders

D. P. Juyal, N. S. Vasan

Proceedings Volume 3729, Selected Papers from International Conference on Optics and Optoelectronics '98; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.346796
Event: Selected Papers from the International Conference on Optics and Optoelectronics, 1998, Dehradun, India

Abstract

Serious eye hazard is posed by lasers operating at a wavelength below 1.4 micrometers . The vision impairment results largely from burn spots and thermal lesions in the active part of the retina or damage to the eye lens depending on the laser wavelength and light intensity reaching the eye. At present, most range finders for military use are based on the neodymium laser, which operates at 1.06 micrometers . In order to enhance the safety of such instruments, the operating wavelength can be shifted to 1.54 micrometers by using erbium laser or techniques such as parametric down conversion in nonlinear crystals or Stokes shift in pressurized methane cells. These options are reviewed and the current status of their technology is presented.

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D. P. Juyal and N. S. Vasan "Eye-safe solid state lasers for rangefinders", Proc. SPIE 3729, Selected Papers from International Conference on Optics and Optoelectronics '98, (29 April 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.346796

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