Laser Bioeffects Research A Dazzling Success: "A research team from Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing recently completed the first-ever documentation of a phenomena imparting key insights into the effects of lasers on biological systems.
Led by Dr. Benjamin Rockwell, the Human Effectiveness Directorate-based Ophthalmic Imaging and Laser Damage team recorded the near-infrared-laser-induced occurrence of thermal lensing in a mammalian eye.
The results, which will be published in a peer-reviewed publication, will dramatically advance the concepts behind AFRL's 'daytime dazzler,' a nonlethal option for disrupting adversarial action via disorienting flashes of laser light."
