Safety of laser products.Part 17: Safety aspects for use of passive optical components and optical cables in high power optical fibre communication systems
This part of IEC 60825 recommends safety measures to protect against effects caused
exclusively by thermal, opto-mechanical and related effects in passive optical components
and optical cables used in high optical power fibre communication systems.
This technical report does not apply to the use of high power optical systems in explosive
atmospheres or the use of optical fibres in material processing machines. Throughout this part
of IEC 60825, a reference to ‘laser’ is taken to include light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and optical
amplifiers.