# ISO 12005:2003 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 12005:2003, item title is Lasers and laser-related equipment — Test methods for laser beam parameters — Polarization; status code is 9599; successor is ISO/NP 12005 | ISO 12005:2022; withdrawn / published date is 2003-04-08, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 12005:2003 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Lasers and laser-related equipment — Test methods for laser beam parameters — Polarization _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO/NP 12005 | ISO 12005:2022
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2003-04-08 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 31277,IS,,ISO 12005:2003,Lasers and laser-related equipment — Test methods for laser beam parameters — Polarization,Lasers et équipements associés aux lasers — Méthodes d'essai des paramètres du faisceau laser — Polarisation,2003-04-08,2,['31.260'],ISO/TC 172/SC 9,9599,[20633],"[45852,77681]","['en','fr']",11,"<p>ISO 12005:2003 specifies a method for determining the polarization status and, whenever possible, the degree of polarization of the beam from a continuous wave (cw) laser. It can also be applied to repetitively pulsed lasers, if their electric field vector orientation does not change from pulse to pulse.</p><p>ISO 12005:2003 also specifies the method for determining the direction of

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).