METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REDUCING EYE SAFETY MINIMUM DISTANCES IN CONJUNCTION WITH ILLUMINATION LASER RADIATION

摘要

A method is presented for operating a laser radiation device (10) which comprises an illumination laser (14) and an active laser (13), wherein the illumination laser (14) is operated in a first mode of operation of the laser radiation device (10), in which the active laser (13) does not emit any active laser radiation (20), in such a way that the illumination laser radiation (22) of the illumination laser exhibits a first illumination laser radiant flux. The method is distinguished in that the illumination laser (14) is operated in a second mode of operation of the laser radiation device (10), in which the active laser (13) emits active laser radiation (20), in such a way that the illumination laser radiation (22) of the illumination laser exhibits a second illumination laser radiant flux which is greater than the first illumination laser radiant flux.