704135 Laser Safety for Physicists
summer semester 2017 | Last update: 12.06.2017 | Place course on memo listBasic Knowledge on laser safety rules for experimentalists working in optics laboratory.
1. Laser Safety: Overview and motivation
2. Overview of European standards and guidelines
3. Overview of hazards when working with lasers
4. Laser classification system
5. Interaction of laser light with human eyes and skin
6. How to calculate the damage thresholds for exposure for any laser
7. Advice on how to be safer in the lab
Lecture with practical examples and exercises
Final examination test (written)
Course notes
No formal requirements but the students should be familiar with SI units, changing between them, and the basics of laser physics (how they are quantified) and classical optics (lenses, Gaussian beams).
Course recommended for Master students in Experimental Physics and PhD students in their first year
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Fri 2017-06-23
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13.00 - 17.00 | HS D (Technik) HS D (Technik) | Barrier-free | Kurs |