Corneal Damage Thresholds for Hydrogen Fluoride and Deuterium Fluoride Chemical Lasers.

摘要

A series of biomedical experiments was performed using the Aerospace Corporation HF/DF chemical lasers to establish corneal damage threshold levels. The DF corneal damage thresholds are higher than the HF thresholds for all conditions tested. Resultant 50%-probability-of-damage values (ED50) for pulsed and continuous wave HF and DF lasers,having specified spectral and pulse characteristics,are expressed with theoretical and safety implications. (Modified author abstract)