title: Image jitter, blur, and scintillation regarding the retinal hazards of lasers.
abstract: The statistics of position and size of the image of a laser source observed through refractive turbulence in the atmosphere were measured using a simulated human retina. Both 3-mm and 7-mm apertures were used with a variety of propagation conditions. No significant effects of image broadening or motion were observed. Consequently, such effects cannot be depended on to mitigate scintillation hazards.
authors.affiliation: NOAA/ERL, Wave Propagation Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80303.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Churnside
mesh_terms: D001272:Atmosphere; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012160:Retina / Q000293:injuries*