Hello there,
This is my first post and I unfortunately have to start it off on a somewhat bad note. I have been fascinated with lasers for awhile now and have always been exceedingly careful. However, just a few hours ago, I was foolish enough to toy around with my Class IIIb 532nm 200mW green laser pointer and was shining it out the window when the reflected beam hit me in the eye for less than a fraction of a second. Thankfully, I reflexively closed my eye and dropped the pointer. (For all intents and purposes, I wasn't aware that completely transparent glass could still reflect laser beams.)
There was a dark spot on my eye (like the after effects from the flash of a camera) for about a half a minute and it has since disappeared. There has not been any noticeable vision loss when I took the amsler grid test.
So, my question is, how much of the laser was reflected by the glass? I would hope that the reflected beam has been defused or isn't as powerful as a direct beam or even a beam reflected in a mirror.
Suffice to say that I will always wear proper safety goggles from hence forth.
Thank you very much for the advice.
This is my first post and I unfortunately have to start it off on a somewhat bad note. I have been fascinated with lasers for awhile now and have always been exceedingly careful. However, just a few hours ago, I was foolish enough to toy around with my Class IIIb 532nm 200mW green laser pointer and was shining it out the window when the reflected beam hit me in the eye for less than a fraction of a second. Thankfully, I reflexively closed my eye and dropped the pointer. (For all intents and purposes, I wasn't aware that completely transparent glass could still reflect laser beams.)
There was a dark spot on my eye (like the after effects from the flash of a camera) for about a half a minute and it has since disappeared. There has not been any noticeable vision loss when I took the amsler grid test.
So, my question is, how much of the laser was reflected by the glass? I would hope that the reflected beam has been defused or isn't as powerful as a direct beam or even a beam reflected in a mirror.
Suffice to say that I will always wear proper safety goggles from hence forth.
Thank you very much for the advice.
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