Light, Lasers, and Synchrotron Radiation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. The Sources and the Interaction with Matter

   1. Fundamentals of Optical Physics

      • Martino Grandolfo

      Pages 1-14

   2. Characteristics of Optical Noncoherent Sources

      • Jürgen H. Bernhardt

      Pages 15-24

   3. Lamps and Lighting Systems

      • A. F. McKinlay

      Pages 25-60

   4. Characteristics of Synchrotron Radiation

      • E. Burattini

      Pages 61-76

   5. Characteristics of Coherent Optical Sources

      • Franz Hillenkamp, Wesley J. Marshall

      Pages 77-90

   6. Radiation Interactions with Matter: Some General Considerations on the Ionizing/Non-Ionizing Boundary Region

      • Mario Fabretto, Alessandro Rindi

      Pages 91-119

3. The Detection

   1. Radiometric Measurements for Broadband Optical Sources

      • Jürgen H. Bernhardt

      Pages 121-132

   2. Laser Beam Diagnostics

      • Wesley J. Marshall

      Pages 133-140

   3. Laser Radiation Detectors

      • James Franks

      Pages 141-146

   4. Quantitative Determination of Ultraviolet Radiation

      • Wesley J. Marshall

      Pages 147-156

   5. Measurements of Welding Arcs and Plasma Arcs

      • Paul Eriksen

      Pages 157-167

   6. Ultraviolet Exposure in the Outdoor Environment: Measurements of Ambient Ultraviolet Exposure Levels at Large Zenith Angles

      • David H. Sliney, Rodney L. Wood Jr., Patrick M. Moscato, Wesley J. Marshall, Paul Eriksen

      Pages 169-180

4. The Biological Effects

   1. Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye

      • Alessandro Checcucci

      Pages 181-184

   2. Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin

      • Alessandro Checcucci

      Pages 185-189

   3. Biological Effects of Coherent and Noncoherent IR Radiation

      • Louis A. Court, Daniel Courant

      Pages 191-217

   4. Infrared Radiation and the Eye

      • Per G. Söderberg

      Pages 219-228

   5. Infrared Energy and Skin: Biological Effects and Health Hazards

      • Alessandro Checcucci

      Pages 229-231

   6. Potential Ocular and Skin Hazards from Lamps and Projector Systems

      • James Franks

      Pages 233-235

   7. Ultraviolet Radiation and the Eye

      • David H. Sliney

      Pages 237-245

This volume contains the formal record of the lectures presented at the 9th Course of the International School of Radiation Damage and Protection held at the "E . Majorana" International Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice (Italy) from May 9 to May 20, 1989. This course was the last of a series of 4 courses, started in 1981, that were dedicated to the assessment of risk hazard from non-ionizing radiation. The proceedings of these courses were all published by Plenum Press with the following headings: 1) M. Grandolfo, S. M. Michaelson and A. Rindi, Eds. : "Biological Effects and Dosimetry of Nonionizing Radiation; Radiofrequency and Microwave Energy", Plenum Press, New York, NATO ASI Series A Life Sciences, Vo1. 49 (1983); 2) M. Grandolfo, S. M. Michaelson and A. Rindi, Eds. : "Biological Effects and Dosimetry of Static and ELF Electromagnetic Fields", Plenum Press, New York, E. Majorana International Science Series, Life Sciences, Vol. 19 (1985) ; 3) M. H. Repacholi, M. Grandolfo and A. Rindi, Eds. : "Ultrasound; medical applications, biological effects and hazard potential", Plenum Press, New York (1987). We hope that all these volumes together may represent a complete textbook and a reference for the students and scientists interested in the physics, biology, measurement and dosimetry, health effects and standard setting, in short, the risk assessment of that wide field of radiation presently classified as non-ionizing radiation. We are indebted to the Associa?ione Italiana Protezione dalle Radiazioni (AIRP), The Internat:l.

• ELF
• Potential
• Standard
• biological effects
• development
• electromagnetic
• electromagnetic fields
• ionizing
• laser
• magnetic fields
• physiology
• synchrotron radiation
• ultrasound

• National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy

  M. Grandolfo

• Sincrotrone Trieste, Trieste, Italy

  A. Rindi

• U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, USA

  D. H. Sliney

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