Compendium of References on Laser Safety
This compendium of laser safety references is comprised of textbooks or individual publications other than journal articles. These include published textbooks, individual documents published by various professional organizations or individual websites. In addition, the compendium also includes a listing of various journals that publish articles/papers pertaining to various laser safety issues. Note: references to various regulations relevant to laser safety promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and/or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are not included as a part of this compendium.
A
Guide for Control of Laser Hazards, 4th Ed.
American National
Standards Institute, American National Standard for the Safe Use of Lasers:
ANSI Z136.1 (2000), Laser Institute of
American National
Standards Institute, American National Standard for the Safe Use of Lasers
in Educational Institutions: ANSI Z136.5 (2000), Laser Institute of
American National
Standards Institute, American National Standard for the Safe Use of Lasers
Outdoors: ANSI Z136.6 (2000), Laser Institute of
American National
Standards Institute, American National Standard for the Safe Use of Optical
Fiber Communications Systems Utilizing Laser Diodes and LED Sources: ANSI
Z136.2 (1997), Laser Institute of
American National
Standards Institute, American National Standard for the Safe Use of Lasers
in Health Care Facilities: ANSI Z136.3 (1996), Laser Institute of
American National
Standards Institute, American National Standard for the Practice for
Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection. ANSI Z87.1 (1989), Laser Institute of
American National
Standards Institute, American National Standard for the Safe use of Optical
Fiber Communications Systems Utilizing Laser Diode and LED Sources. ANSI Z136.2 (1988), Laser Institute of
Bucouvalas, A.C.: IEC825-1
Eye Safety Classification of Some Consumer Electronic Products. IEE Colloquium on Optical Free Space Communications Links (Ref. No.
1996/032).
Cember,
H. Introduction to Health
Physics, 2nd. Ed.
412-438.
Department
of Health and Human Resources. Control of
Smoke from Laser/Electric Surgical Procedures. NIOSH Publication No. 96-128, September
1996.
Ham, Jr., W.T. and
H.A. Mueller: The Photopathology and Nature of the Blue Light and Near-UV
Retinal Lesions Produced by Lasers and Other Optical Sources. In Laser Applications in
Medicine and Biology (vol.4).
Henderson, A. Roy: A
Guide to Laser Safety, 1st ed.
Hitchcock, R.T.: General
Concepts for Nonionizing Radiation Protection.
Hitchcock, R.T. and
R.J. Rockwell, Jr.: Laser Radiation.
Hitchcock, R.T.
(ed.): LIA Guide to Non-beam Hazards Associated with Laser Use.
Hitchcock, R. T., W. E. Murray, R. M. Patterson, and R. J. Rockwell, Jr.:
Nonionizing Radiation. In The Occupational Environment--Its Evaluation and
Control, S.R. DiNardi (ed.).
Association, 1997. pp. 490-579. (Revision in press, 2003.)
Industrial Laser
Safety, Reference Guide,
International
Electrotechnical Commission: Safety of Laser Products – Edition Series
Parts 1-10: (IEC 60825-1-10).
International
Electrotechnical Commission: Medical Electrical Equipment – Part 2:
Particular Requirements for the Safety of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Laser
Equipment. (IEC
601-2-22 Ed. 2.0).
International
Electrotechnical Commission: Power and Energy Measuring Detectors,
Instruments and Equipment for Laser Radiation.
(IEC 61040 Ed. 1.0).
LIA
Guide to Medical Laser Safety.
Laser Institute of
Matthews,
L. and G. Garcia. Laser and Eye Safety in
the Laboratory.
National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health: Occupational
Hazards of Laser Material Processing by C.E. Moss and T. Seitz
(HETA-90-102-L2075).
Proceedings of the
International Laser Safety Conference,
Ready, J.F.: LIA
Handbook of Laser Materials Processing,
Rockwell Laser
Industries: Laser Accidents and Eye Injury (RLI Training Module
TR-RLI-MM-AC).
Rockwell Laser
Industries: Properties of Laser Beams (RLI Training Module
TR-RLI-MM-BP),
Rockwell Laser
Industries: Laser Classification (RLI Training Module
TR-RLI-MM-CC).
Rockwell Laser
Industries: Laser Measurements (RLI Training Module TR-RLI-MM-M).
Rockwell Laser Industries: The Nominal Hazard Zone (RLI Training
Module TR-RLI-MM-NHZ).
Rockwell Laser
Industries: Types of Lasers & Modes of Operation (RLI Training
Module TR-RLI-MOD-2).
Rockwell Laser
Industries: Laser Optics & Beam Transmission (RLI Training Module
TR-RLI-MOD-3).
Rockwell Laser
Industries: Laser Measurements & Beam Characteristics (RLI Training
Module TR-RLI-MOD-4),
Rockwell Laser
Industries: Bioeffects of Lasers (RLI Training Module
TR-RLI-MOD-5).
Rockwell Laser
Industries: Laser Hazard Analysis (RLI Training Module TR-RLI-MOD-6).
Rockwell Laser
Industries: Laser Control Measures (RLI Training Module
TR-RLI-MOD-8).
Ryer, A.: Light
Measurement Handbook. International Light,
Sliney, D. and M.
Wolbarsht: Safety with Lasers and Other Optical Sources: A Comprehensive
Handbook.
Sliney, D.: Guide
for the Selection of Laser Eye Protection (3rd ed.),
Sliney, D.: LIA
Guide for the Selection of Laser Eye Protection.
Sliney, D.: Medical
Lasers and their Safe Use,
Sutter, E.:
Quantities and Units of Optical Radiation and their Measurement. In Dosimetry of Laser Radiation in
Medicine and Biology (SPIE vol. IS 5).
World Health Organization: Lasers and
Optical Radiation (Environmental Health Criteria 23), WHO,
Website Text References
Ariele, R.: The Laser Adventure. Available: http://www.phys.ksu.edu/perg/vqm/laserweb/index.htm.
Center for
Occupational Research and Development: Introduction
to Lasers (LEOT Training Materials), Available: http://cord.org/cm/new/viewleot.htm.
Center for
Occupational Research and Development: Introduction to Lasers (LEOT
Training Materials). Available: http://cord.org/cm/new/viewleot.htm.
Center for
Occupational Research and Development: Lasers
and Electro-Optic Components, (Laser Electro-Optics Technology [LEOT]
Training Materials). Available: http://cord.org/cm/new/viewleot.htm.
National Aeronautics
and Space Administration: Electromagnetic spectrum. In Imagine the Universe. Available: http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html.
OSHA Instruction PUB 8-1.7, Guidelines for Laser Safety and Hazard Assessment. Available
from the Laser Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health Administration: Laser
Hazards. In OSHA
Technical Manual. Available: http://www.osha-slc.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_iii/otm_iii_6.html.
Salazar, C.K. Wu and
T. Loh: The Optics Book. Available: http://library.thinkquest.org/C003776/ingles/print/index.htm.
Savard, J.: Introduction
to Geometrical Optics. Available: http://members.shaw.ca/quadibloc/science/opt05.htm.
The Physics
Classroom: Available: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refln/reflntoc.html
and http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refrn/refrntoc.html.
Health Physics
Journal of
Occupational Medicine
Journal of Laser
Applications
Photochemical and
Photobiology
Physics in
Medicine and Biology