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Re:WestJet pilot’s eyes struck by laser on flight from Newfo... by amluto on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @09:40PM (#19987538)
I was once helping troubleshoot a UV laser in a lab. It was an IR Nd:YAG pulsed laser with two frequency doublers, and I think the rated output was something like 1 J. The measured UV output was essentially nil. We took off the second doubler and fired the laser at the side of a desktop computer we didn’t care about while wearing serious goggles. There was a little snap and the paint got replaced with a shiny metal spot. :) You do not want a laser like that anywhere near your eyes.
Re:WestJet pilot’s eyes struck by laser on flight from Newfo... by hobs on Thursday May 23, 2019 @12:06AM (#19988344)
1 joule seems small, until you consider its of LIGHT.