• DocumentCode
    2024920
  • Title

    The human aversion response and blink reflex behavior is different for LEDs and low power laser

  • Author

    Reidenbach, Hans-Dieter

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Appl. Opt. & Electron., Univ. of Appl. Sci. Cologne, Koeln, Germany
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2004
  • Firstpage
    965
  • Abstract
    In lab and field trials volunteers have been irradiated with a laser beam or an LED in order to stimulate the blink reflex. In order to observe the stimulation of aversion responses like head and eye movements the volunteers have been irradiated in a second test series with free moveable head.
  • Keywords
    IEC standards; eye protection; light emitting diodes; safety; LED; blink reflex behavior; human aversion response; low power laser; Collimators; Humans; Laser beams; Laser theory; Lasers and Electro-Optics Society; Light emitting diodes; Power lasers; Power measurement; Protection; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8557-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363567
  • Filename
    1363567