Holographic Laser-Protective Eyewear

James M. Tedesco

doi:10.1117/12.944139

12 April 1988 Holographic Laser-Protective Eyewear

James M. Tedesco

Proceedings Volume 0883, Holographic Optics: Design and Applications; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944139
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Holographic filters in spectacle lenses, helmet visors and other types of substrates have been proposed for eye protection against visible lasers. Dyes and filter glasses, commonly used as laser protection at visible wavelengths, typically suffer from poor visual transmittance. Holographic filters offer potentially high visual transmittance due to a narrow spectral notch, but the angular dependence of the spectral notch position dictates a tradeoff between eye protection and visual transmittance. The relative merits of various exposure and substrate configurations for laser-protective eyewear are compared. Emphasis is placed on single-beam exposure, surface-conformal fringe structures in which the local Bragg angle is determined by the fringe spacing as opposed to the fringe tilt. This type of hologram is readily made free from flare or multiple images in transmission. Performance is evaluated in terms of visual transmittance versus eye protection, including retinal area and eye rotation. The relationship between angular and spectral response of holographic laser filters determines the exposure source for optimum performance to be roughly coincident with the center of eye rotation, regardless of the substrate geometry. Performance may be improved by locating the filters a greater distance from the eye. A more dramatic improvement in performance may be achieved by increasing the curvature of the substrate so that it is concentric with the eye.

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James M. Tedesco "Holographic Laser-Protective Eyewear", Proc. SPIE 0883, Holographic Optics: Design and Applications, (12 April 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944139

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