A region of interest can be selected and then all calculations and pictures will refer only to the selected area. Note how in the picture on the left, the beam width values are meaningless because of the two separate beams while on the right, with region of interest, we get good readings for the beam selected.
The region of interest can also be used to reduce background noise from surrounding areas for small beam and increase measurement accuracy.

Beam Wander Screen

This sophisticated and easy to use beam wander function allows you to track and record laser beam movement with time.

Camera Compatibility

For lasers between 190-1320nm wavelenghts, BeamStar interfaces to silicon CCD USB cameras.

Interface	Camera Compatability
USB	SP503
USB	SP620
FireWire	FX33 (LEGACY)
FireWire	FX50 (LEGACY)

Specifications	BeamStar
Features Overview	Applications where “ease of use” is most important
	Operates in either manual setup or Auto-exposure modes
	Quantitative measurements, many ISO cpmpliant
	Limited statistical results
	Supports the FX (Firewire) and SP (USB 2.0) lines of cameras
	Simultaneous 2D and 3D displays
	Single instance single camera use
	Standard child window design
	Fixed 2D zoom settings, continuous 3D scaling
	Limited ROI support
	Manual Aperturing
	Pass-Fail on most results items, not including statistics
	Beam Pointing Stability scatter chart and results
	Logging limited to results only
	Proprietary data file format
	Somewhat configurable Report Generation using MHT format
	Limited ActiveX controls with data and results access
	ActiveX sample library for LabVIEW, VB6 and VB.NET
	Closed application
	Windows XP SP2 and Vista-32 compatible
Quantitative Calculations; Basic Results	(per ISO 11145, 11146-1/-3)
Power/Energy Results	Total power (Can be calibrated to an external power meter)
	Peak to average
Spatial Results	Peak and Centroid locations
	Beam width
	(Second Moment (D4s)
	Knife Edge 90/10
	of peak 50% & 13.5%
	Beam diameter
	Elliptical Results
	Elliptical orientation
	Ellipticity
	Distance Measurement
	Multiple Manually drawn ruler lines on 2D display
Divergence
Gaussian Fit	1D line fits
	Height
	Radius, Width, FWHM
	Correlation of fit
	Peak to Average
	Modulation
Tophat Results	2D and 1D
	Tophat Fit
	Effective Area
	Effective Diameter
	Tophat Mean
	Tophat Deviation
	Std Dev/Mean
	1D surface inclination
Other Quantitative Items	Frame Averaging
	Frame Reference Subtraction
	Camera signal/noise calculator
	Row and Column summing with results, printable
Beam Stability Displays and Results	Pointing Stabilty (Beam Wander) of Centroid
	Scatter Plot display
	Last Centroid
	Mean Centroid
	Centroid Std Dev
	Distance to Mean Centroid
	Maximum wander
	Auto scaling
	Sample/Time controlled
Beam Profile Display Options	Can open multiple 2D and 3D display windows
	2D and 3D may render in different colors
	Can open X and/or Y 1D beam slice profiles in separate windows.
	Continuous software zooming in both 1D and 3D displays but fixed scaling in 2D displays
	Pan to any detector location
	Single rainbow color palette, different in 2D and 3D
1D Features	Separte windows for each display and results
	X any Y plots on separate or combined displays
	1D displays with basic results and column row summing option
	1D Gaussian fit to the profile with results
	1D Tophat results on a line thru a drawn aperture
2D Features	Continuously resizable and preset scaleable child window
	Beam is always auto scaled to the display palette
	Multiple Point-to-point distance measurements
	Adjustable Cursors that can track peak or centroid
	Crosshair that can track peak, X that can track centroid
	Adjustable manual aperture (called ROI)
	Displayed beam width marker
	Zoom controlled in tab, panning controlled in slider bars
	Origin fixed at center of display
3D Features	3D Solid surface
	Integrated Mouse actuated pan/zoom/tilt/rotate controls
	Selectable wire frame density
	User enabled backplanes with beam projections
Statistical Analysis	Limited to select results in Tophat and Beam Wander results items
File types	Propriatary Data and Setup format
	Math program and Excel compatable ASCII-csv results files
	Graphics in jpg, gif, tif, png, bmp
	Microsoft HTML Format (MHT a single file which shows results, images and BeamStar settings)
Printing	Images, reports, results, and setup information
	Single frame printing
	WYSIWYG images
Pass/Fail	Set Maximum/Minimum limits on most calculations
	Red/Green font color indication on result items
Logging	Result Logging Formats:Math program and Excel compatable csv results
	Beam Wander Results: csv
Exporting
Automation Interface (.NET)	Limited Automation Interface with examples in LabVIEW, VB.NET & VB6 Automate launch and termination of the application
	Automate the capture of Binary Video Data
	Automate the acquisition of aplication results
Integrated Help	PDF Operators Manual
	Context Sensitive Help
Signal Conditioning for Enhanced Accuracy	Background Subtraction
Frame Averaging	Frame averaging
Frame Summing
Convolution (Adjacent Pixel Averaging)
Camera Features	Black Level Control (manual or auto control)
	Gain Control (manual or auto control)
	Exposure Control (manual or auto control)
	User Programmable ROI
	Bits per pixel setting
	External Trigger Input
	Strobe Output
	External Trigger Probe
Camera related features in the applications	Magnification settings
	Frame buffer settings
	Enable auto-, exposure/gain/black level
	8/10/12 bits per pixel
	Select Format
	Measure S/N ratio
Trigger, Capture and Synchronization Methods	Trigger modes
	CW - captures continuously at the camera frame rate
	Trigger-In from laser
	Trigger-Out to lase
	Video Trigger. Display and calculations update only when the camera captures a signal greater than a user set level
	Capture options
	Continuous
	Single shot
Video Playback	Video playback with post anaysis
	User customizable playback rates
	Whole video file playback looping only
	Almost all measurements can be performed on video files
System Requirements	PC computer w/Windows XP Pro, or Vista-32, Laptop or Desktop
	GHz Pentium style processor
	Minimum 1GB RAM for XP, 2GB for Vista-32
	Plug & Play compatible
	Hard drive space suitable to hold the amount of video data you expect to store. (50-100 GB recommended)
	USB2 input

	Item	Description	P/N

	USB2 Beam Profiler Systems (camera and software)

	BS-USB-SP503	BeamStar software, software license, ½” format 640x480 pixel camera with 4.5mm CCD recess. Comes with USB cable and 3 ND filters	SP90153
SP90153 ORDERING: Qty: EA $2500.00 in-stock This item is available for our "Fast Ship - 1 Day" service. If you order this item, we will ship the next business day or the shipping is Free!

	BS-USB-SP620	BeamStar software, software license, 1/1.8” format 1600x1200 pixel camera with 4.5mm CCD recess. Comes with USB cable and 3 ND filters	SP90155
SP90155 ORDERING: Qty: EA $2995.00 in-stock This item is available for our "Fast Ship - 1 Day" service. If you order this item, we will ship the next business day or the shipping is Free!

	PC Accessories for Cameras

	USB A-mini B Cable	USB Cable with A to mini-B connectors, 5 meter length	SP90205

	Optical Synch for Pulsed Lasers

	Optical Trigger for FX and SP Cameras	Optical trigger assembly which can be mounted on camera or separately to sense laser pulses and synchronize FX and SP cameras with pulses. Comes with a BNC cable to for mounting on camera and a stand for mounting separately.	SPZ17005

		Beam Profilers Catalog 82 pages (5.44 MB )
		Beamstar FX user manual 181 pages (2.04 MB )

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