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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 172, Optics and Photonics, Subcommittee SC 9, Laser and electro-optical systems, in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 123, Lasers and photonics, in accordance with the agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 12005:2003), which has been technically revised.

The main changes are as follows:

— Description errors in 4.5 (Analysis of the results) were corrected.
— Definitions of the “degree of polarization” and the “degree of linear polarization” were made clear.
— Definition of extinction ratio was changed.
— Previous 3.3 (direction of polarization), 3.4 (plane of polarization), and 3.5 (ellipticity) were deleted, because these terms are confusing due to the different definitions, and they are not necessarily required for this document. Previous 3.11 (Stokes parameters) was deleted and moved to Annex A, because they are not used in the measurement and analysis.

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BS EN ISO 12005:2022

Lasers and laser-related equipment. Test methods for laser beam parameters. Polarization

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Published:

31 Jul 2022