Laser & Optical products

Lamps including high luminous LED were developed and produced in large quantities and became commonplace in an erawhen industry-wide safety standards were not the norm. The evaluation and control of opticalradiation hazards from lamps and lamp systems is a far more complicated subject than similartasks for a singlewavelength like laser product. The required radiometric measurements are quiteinvolved, for they do not deal with the simple optics of a point source, but rather with anextended source that may or may not be altered by diffusers or projection optics. Also thewavelength distribution of the lamp may be altered by ancillary optical elements, diffusers,lenses, and the like, as well as variations in operating conditions. There are well known optical radiation hazards associated with some lamps andlamp systems. The purpose of this standard is to provide a standardized technique forevaluation of potential radiation hazards that may be associated with various lamps and lampsystems.

Optical products