The performance of today’s laser systems can strongly affect the success of demanding, modern laser applications. The beams’ size, shape, uniformity or approximation to the expected power distribution, as well as its divergence and mode content can make or break an application. Accurate knowledge of these parameters is essential to the success of any laser-based endeavor. As laser applications push the boundaries of laser performance it is becoming more critical to understand the operating criteria.

For over thirty years Ophir-Spiricon has developed instruments to accurately measure critical laser parameters. Our LBA and BeamStar software have led the way. Now with the introduction of BeamGage, Ophir-Spiricon offers the first “new from the ground up” beam profile analysis instrument the industry has experienced in over 10 years.

	BeamGage® Standard	BeamGage® Professional (all features in Standard plus)	BeamGage® Enterprise (all features in Pro plus)	BeamStar
Features	User selectable for either best "accuracy" or "ease of use"			Applications where "ease of use" is most important
	Supports our patented Ultracal algorithm plus Auto-setup and Auto-exposure capabilities			Operates in either manual setup or Auto-exposure modes
	Extensive set of ISO quantitative measurements			Quantitative measurements, many ISO compliant
	Statistical analysis on all calculated results displayed in real time			Limited statistical results
	Support for USB, Firewire, InGaAs and Pyrocam III			Supports the FX (Firewire) and SP (USB 2.0) lines of cameras
	New Beam Maker® beam simulator for algorithm self validation.
	Simultaneous 2D and 3D displays			Simultaneous 2D and 3D displays
	Multi-instance, multi-camera use			Single instance single camera use
		Supports camera sharing
			Supports networked cameras
	Results synchronised to select models of Ophir power/energy meters
	Supports Satellite windows on multple monitors			Standard child window design
	Continuous zoom scaling in both 2D and 3D			Fixed 2D zoom settings, continuous 3D scaling
		Window partitioning to allow analysis of multiple beams on a single camera
	Camera ROI support on USB and Firewire, cameras			Limited ROI support
	Manual and Auto-aperturing to reduce background effects			Manual Aperturing
	Pass-Fail on all results, w/multiple alarm options			Pass-Fail on most results items, not including statistics
	Beam Pointing Stability, scatter plot and stripchart results			Beam Pointing Stability, scatter chart and results
	Full featured logging capabilities that are reloadable			Logging limited to results only
	Industry standard data file format			Proprietary data file format
	Configurable Report Generator that allows cut and paste of results, images and settings.			Somewhat configurable Report Generation using MHT format
		.NET Automation interface that allows for full remote control		Limited ActiveX controls with data and results access
		LabVIEW virtual instruments sample library		ActiveX sample library for LabVIEW, VB6 and VB.NET
			Open accessibility via Visual Studio Tools for computattional customization	Closed application
	Windows XP Pro, Vista-32 and Windows 7-32 compatible		Windows 7-64bit compatible	Windows XP SP2 and Vista-32 compatible