Citation

Clarke AM, Geeraets WJ, Ham WT. Appl. Opt. 1969; 8(5): 1051-1054.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1969, Optical Society of America)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20072372

Abstract

A uniform absorption thermal model is described which allows the calculation of the temperature rise in the retina due to steady state or continuous optical irradiation. Temperature rises of 9-10 degrees C are found to correspond to the production of threshold lesions. For a worst case approximation, a power of 1-2 mW entering the eye and focused onto a 10-micro diam area for 250 msec or longer can be shown as sufficient to cause irreversible damage.

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