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Laser Beam Diagnostics

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Safety with Lasers and Other Optical Sources

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It is often necessary to characterize the beam emitted from a laser to define potential exposure conditions. The beam’s characteristics may be required near the output of the laser, at some considerable distance from the laser after it has been collimated or focused, or simply at some distance after the beam has left the laser cavity as a “ray beam.” The measurement techniques and calculations presented in this chapter assume a non-turbulent medium of propagation; the special problems of characterizing a beam after propagation through the atmosphere is treated in Chapter 13.

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  1. U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA

    David Sliney

  2. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Myron Wolbarsht

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Sliney, D., Wolbarsht, M. (1980). Laser Beam Diagnostics. In: Safety with Lasers and Other Optical Sources. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3596-0_12

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