1. Sliney DH. Retinal injury from laser radiation, Nonlinear Optics 1999;21:in press. The paper identifies the mechanisms responsible for laser-induced injury and reviews the dependence of injury thresholds on the nature of the exposure. The dependence of injury threshold on the size and shape of the retinal image is crucial to the study of limiters, because all limiters distort the retinal image.
2. Hollins RC. Overview of nonlinear optical materials research at DERA, Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Instrumentation Engineers 1998;3282:in press. Reviews several important limiter materials, the diagnostic techniques used to quantify the nonlinear response, and the trade-offs surrounding their introduction into a system.
3. Van Stryland E, Soileau MJ, Hagan DJ. Passive optical limiting: where are we? Nonlinear Optics 1999;21:in press. Reviews the history of optical limiting, and identifies exciting new developments. New ultra-broadband pump-probe techniques form powerful diagnostic tools for study of nonlinear materials: causality arguments can be used to determine refractive information from the measured transmission spectrum. The performance and dynamic range of solid-state limiters has been improved dramatically using tandem arrangements of thin discs close to focus. This approach enables the fluence incident on all material to be maintained at safe optimum levels, whilst minimising the linear loss.
4. Grolier-Mazza V. The specifications of laser protection, Nonlinear Optics 1999;21:in press. The paper quantifies the goals which laser-hardening must meet: laser hazards and sensor vulnerability in the visible and infra-red, protection requirements at different range, and visual and environmental requirements.
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