
B-70255EN/01 APPENDIX H.GLOSSARY
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H GLOSSARY
Name Meaning
<A>
Access panel That protective component of a housing or enclosure which, when removed or shifted,
can cause exposure to laser radiation.
AEL Accessible emission level Maximum accessible emission level set up for each class of laser products
Alignment Optical axis adjustment
Aperture Iris, or stop
<B>
Beam Aggregate of unidirectional, diverging, or conversing rays
Beam diameter Distance between two symmetrical points in a cross section of a beam where the
power per unit area is 1/e as high as the maximum power per unit area
Beam divergence Angle through which a beam spreads
Burn pattern Laser beam mode pattern generated on a plate such as an acrylic plate for
confirmation purposes
<C>
Circular
Polarization
Polarization in which a plane of polarization rotates about the axis along which the light
progresses and does not have directivity; an electric or magnetic field based on circular
polarization has a constant intensity.
CO
2
laser Laser that uses a carbon dioxide gas as a laser medium
CW Continuous wave Continuously radiated laser output
<D>
Discharge excitation Realization of inverted population by means of discharge
<E>
Enhanced pulse Greatly amplified peak output of a pulse
Excitation Transition of atoms or molecules to a higher energy level by supplying them with
external energy
Exposure time Duration through which laser radiation is emitted
<F>
Fast axial flow laser Laser in which gas flows rapidly in the same direction as the laser beam
Feedback Corrective action in which a quantity to be controlled is compared with a target value
generated by feeding part of an output signal to the input through a specially created
closed loop so that the quantity to be controlled matches the target value.
<L>
Laser Device for generating light by stimulated emission
Laser controlled area Area in which activities are controlled or monitored for protection from hazards
resulting from laser radiation
Laser mirror Reflecting mirror used in a laser resonator
Laser safety officer Person having sufficient knowledge about evaluation and management of hazards of
lasers and in charge of safety management of lasers
Laser safety standard Standard to protect human bodies from hazards resulting from laser beams in view of
use of lasers and about laser products for sale
Linear
Polarization
Polarization in which a plain of polarization is at a constant angle with the axis along
which the light progresses
<M>
Maintenance Action taken by a user to preserve normal operation of a product, such as adjustment
or other measures specified in documents created by the manufacturer for users