Impact of windscreen scatter on laser eye dazzle.

This study investigates the extent to which a windscreen affects the severity of laser eye dazzle (disability glare produced by a laser) experienced by a human observer. Windscreen scatter measurements were taken for a range of windscreens in a variety of conditions, showing that windscreen scatter is similar in magnitude to scatter from the human eye. Human subject experiments verified that obscuration angles caused by laser eye dazzle could be increased by the presence of a windscreen when comparing a dirty automobile windscreen to an eye-only condition with a 532-nm laser exposure. However, a light aircraft windscreen with lower scatter did not exhibit increased obscuration angles at 532 nm, and neither windscreen exhibited an increase at 635 nm. A theoretical analysis of laser eye dazzle, using measured windscreen scatter functions, has provided insight into the delicate interplay between scatter, transmission and the angular extent of dazzle. A model based on this analysis has been shown to be a useful tool to predict the impact of windscreens on laser eye dazzle, with the goal of informing future updates to the authors' laser eye dazzle safety framework.

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