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. 2018 Jun 19;23(6):065003. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.23.6.065003

Table 3.

MPE and calculated Irradiance (Iskin/eye) for the relevant wavelengths at 100% and experimental duty cycle (dc).

  λ (nm) MPEeye (mW/cm2) 1×Ieye (mW/cm2) dc×Ieye (mW/cm2) MPEskin (mW/cm2) 1×Iskin (mW/cm2) dc×Iskin (mW/cm2)
DOS 686 1.0 7.0 0.03 200 28 0.11
DOS 751 1.3 10.4 0.04 253 42 0.17
DOS 831 1.8 10.4 0.04 366 42 0.17
DCS 786 1.5 70.2 24.6 297 280 98

Note: Experimental duty cycles: dc=0.35 (DCS) and dc=0.004 (DOS). All DOS measurement intensities are well below the MPE for skin but are above MPE for eye at 100% duty cycle. The DCS irradiance is near MPE for skin at a 100% duty cycle, but much lower than the MPE at the 35% duty cycle utilized here. We include calculations for the eye as this is the only neural tissue with defined ANSI standards, although it is more susceptible to damage, given its specialized photoreceptors.