Table 2. Summary of maximum recorded electric and magnetic field strengths for individual laser types, expressed as the nearest percentage point of the exposure limits published by the device manufacturers.
| Laser types | Low frequency | Radiofrequency | Direct current | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EF | MF | EF | MF | ||||||||
| Standby | Firing | Standby | Firing | Standby | Firing | Standby | Firing | ||||
| Alexandrite laser | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CO2 laser | 19 | 22 | 55 | 119 | 26 | 18 | 136 | 117 | |||
| Intense pulsed light | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nd:YAG laser | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pulsed dye laser | 0 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ruby laser | 21 | 21 | 6.4 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 105 | |||
EF, electric field; MF, magnetic field.