An Equilibrium Thermal Model for Retinal Injury from Optical Sources
- 1 May 1969
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 8 (5) , 1051-1054
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.8.001051
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 97–10°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-μ diam area for 250 msec or longer can be shown as sufficient to cause irreversible damage.Keywords
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