| General |
Beam Cube |
BA500 |
| Max and min average power |
1W to 100W continuous and to 150W for up to 1 min |
10W to 1500W |
| Maximum average power densitya, c |
4KW/cm2
at entrance window |
| Max and min energy |
20mJ b to 100Joules |
100mJ b to 100 Joules |
| Maximum energy density |
pulse width |
max energy density |
max energy density |
max rep rate for energy measurement |
| and repetition rate at |
10ms |
20J/cm2 |
150J/cm2 |
80Hz |
| entrance window vs. |
2ms |
5J/cm2 |
40J/cm2 |
800Hz |
| pulse width |
0.5ms |
1.5J/cm2 |
8J/cm2 |
1KHz |
| Cooling System |
Conduction cooled |
Water-cooled Min flow rate: 2.5 liter/min |
| Dimensions |
22cm L x 16cm W x 14cm H |
33cm L x 18cm W x 14cm H |
| Spectral Range |
400 - 1100nm (calibrated for 1064nm) |
800 - 1064nm (calibrated for 1064nm and 800nm) |
| Beam profiler unit |
| Camera |
Standard Beam Cube: SP503U 640x480 pixel camera
with 9.9µm spacing
Beam Cube 620: SP620U 1600x1200 pixel camera with 4.4µm spacing |
SP620U 1600x1200 pixel camera
with 4.4µm spacing |
| PC interface |
USB2 |
| Shutter speeds |
Continuously variable 1/frame rate to 1/6,000, manual or automatic |
| Gain control |
0dB to 27dB in ~700 steps (each step is ~0.035dB). Manual or automatic control. |
| Frame rate at 640x480 pixel ROI |
Std Beam Cube: 50Hz. Auto synch with laser
Beam Cube 620: 20Hz. Auto synch with laser |
20Hz, auto synch with laser |
| Software features |
Automatic gain and shutter control. Peak and Centroid position tracking. 2D and 3D contour map. Sophisticated noise
and background control. Best fit to gaussian or top hat profile 3D display viewable from any angle or elevation. Store
and recall screens in single or video fashion. 3 different measures of beam width, %of peak, 4 sigma and 90/10 knife
edge. Save numerical data files of profiles. Log data with time. Full on line instructions and help. Fully flexible screen
format. |
| Minimum PC system requirements |
Pentium-4 2GHz, 256 MB Memory, Operating system, Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Vista 32. |
| Intensity adjustment |
Continuously variable filters actuated from outside the unit. |
| System optical performance |
Beam Cube |
BA500 |
| Field of view |
±6° |
±2.5° |
| Maximum beam size |
Ø22mm at entrance for converging beam, Ø7mm for collimated
beams |
Ø30mm |
| Beam reduction or expansion |
Expanded 2-3X . With no lens 1X |
Reduced 7X |
| Resolution |
~5µm |
~80µm |
| Power / energy / temporal profile
unit |
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| Temporal pulse shape response
time into oscilloscope |
<5µs resp. time. Maximum peak power 1000W. |
1µs resp. time. Maximum peak power 10,000W |
| Software functions with USB
Interface connected to PC or laptop |
average power, statistics |
average power, energy per pulse, pulse rate,
statistics, missing pulses |
| Data logging |
Can send unlimited number of points in real time to PC via USB Interface at >1000 point/s. Windows software provided
for data analysis. |
Notes: - The power density limitation applies to any surface that the beam hits. For Beam Cube, since the object plane is outside the instrument, focal spots of much higher power density
can be imaged as long as the power density limit on the optical surfaces is not exceeded.
- The BA500 will not resolve pulses of energy below 100mJ unless the pulse rate is high. If the energy deposited in 1/50th of a second exceeds 100mJ, then the unit will be able to
show the pulses even though the individual energies are below 100mJ. The same applies to the Beam Cube except the minimum is 20mJ.
- If the beam power or energy density on the entrance window exceeds specifications, the window can be removed and not used, assuming that the power and energy density on
the first beam splitter is below the damage threshold.
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