Beam measurement - New Products

    Ophir Photonics Group’s StarLink

    Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, announced a StarLink Series, of laser measurement sensors. StarLink is a collection of Ophir’s most popular power / energy sensors bundled with Juno, a USB-based PC interface, and StarLab laser measurement software. Together, the Ophir sensor, Juno USB interface, and StarLab software form a meterless laser measurement system that is flexible, portable, and affordable. “Competitors’ laser measurement devices have an embedded USB interface, driving up equipment costs,” stated Ephraim Greenfield, CTO, Ophir Photoncis. “Juno uses a standard USB cable and can be unplugged from one Ophir sensor and used on another, throughout the facility. No power source is required. Instead, Juno can be attached to any laser sensor’s smart plug, such as Ophir’s new BeamTrack power / position / size thermal sensors.”

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    Ophir Photonics Group’s BeamGage

    Spiricon, leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, announced a BeamGage® version 5.7, the company’s next generation laser beam analysis software, at PhotonicsWest. The system adds new advanced image processing features, including fast, off-axis correction of distorted beam images. It supports Ophir’s popular laser power meters — Pulsar, Nova II, Vega, and Juno, as well as 64- bit versions ofWindows® Vista andWindows 7. In addition, BeamGage is now a multilingual platform, adding native language support for English,Japanese, and Chinese, plus compatibility with the German MicrosoftWindows environments.

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    Ophir Photonics Group’s 3A-QUAD

    Ophir Photonics Group, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment, announced a BeamTrack 3A-QUAD, the first high sensitivity thermal detector to combine multiple functions – power, energy, position – in a single, compact laser sensor. The 3A-QUAD accurately measures power from 100μWto 3Wand energy from 20μJ to 2J. In addition, the sensor accurately tracks beam position down to 0.1mm. This provides increased measurement accuracy for high sensitivity applications where it can be difficult to center laser beams on sensors with small apertures and recessed surfaces. The integrated beam position measurement function also allows tracking of beam wander as the beam drifts from its initial position.

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    Ophir Photonics Group’s Beamtrack

    Ophir Photonics Group, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment, today announced StarLab 2.20, laser measurement software that converts a PC into a multi-channel laser power/energy station. The newest version of the software includes support for the unique BeamTrack sensors; they combine multiple measurement functions in a single device: power, energy, beam position, and beam size. The sensors also provide information on centering and beam wander, all in a single, compact device. StarLab provides an easy-to-use, PC-based application that graphically displays, processes, and logs all these measurements.

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    Ophir Photonics Group’s Goniometric Radiometer Measures Holographic Materials

    the application of the patented LD8900 Goniometric Radiometer to holographic materials measurement.With the LD8900’s unique design, it can make X-Y and 3D measurements without moving either the detector or the source. This allows the far-field profiler to characterize and confirm the divergence of light passing through holographic materials, such as those used for computer display screens, smartphones, and instrument panels. The 3D capability of the LD8900 makes it possible to measure both radially symmetrical divergences or angularly different types, addressing a wide range of finished materials.


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    Nova – PE-C adapter

    Ophir Photonics Group has added several accessories to its new PE-C line of pyroelectric pulsed laser sensors. The new PE-C line of sensors is replacing the previous line of pyroelectric sensors. These new sensors operate with the Vega and Nova II meters, however they need an adapter to operate with the Nova meters. If the user has a Nova meter, he will need this adapter so that it can operate with the PE-C line. This adapter is plugged between the meter and the D15 smart plug from the sensor. For details and ordering see the "Energy Sensors Accessories Data Sheet" PDF below.


     Energy Sensors Accessories Data Sheet

    Nova – PE-C adapter

    Ophir Photonics Group has added several accessories to its new PE-C line of pyroelectric pulsed laser sensors. The new PE-C sensors are more compact than previous pyroelectric sensors having a diameter of 62mm instead of 85mm previously. For customers who have Ophir PE sensors mounted into various installations, we are providing an adapter jig that will have an inner diameter that fits the PE-C sensor and an outer diameter and thickness that matches the previous PE sensors so the new sensors will fit exactly into the same location as the previous sensors. For details and ordering see the "Energy Sensors Accessories Data Sheet" PDF below.


     Energy Sensors Accessories Data Sheet

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    IR Phosphor Glass

    Ophir Photonics Group announces its new IR phosphor glass for visualizing IR laser beams. Unlike most such products, the Ophir product absorbs very little of the radiation and is therefore able to stand up to high powers and energies. The glass glows brightly when irradiated with light of the following wavelengths:
    810-860nm, 900-1100nm and 1500-1600nm.
    It can stand up to >1KW/cm² and 0.5J/cm² at 1064nm. It is self actuating and does not need charging with visible light. For details and ordering see the "Energy Sensors Accessories Data Sheet" PDF below.


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    Ophir Photonics Group Introduces Pyro-C Line of Laser Energy Sensors; Combine High Damage Threshold, High Repetition Rates, and Wides Range ofWavelengths

    Ophir Photonics Group, announces at LASERWorld of Photonics the Pyro-C line of Pyroelectric Laser Energy Sensors. An upgrade to the company’s PE line of pyroelectric pulsed sensors, the Pyro-C detectors provide the industry’s lowest measurable energy, longest measurable pulse width, and highest accuracy. The sensors are compact devices that provide a user adjustable threshold, preventing false readings in noisy environments. Like the PE Series before it, the Pyro-C sensors are the only laser energy detectors in the industry to combine high damage threshold and high repetition rates with the widest range of wavelengths, from UV to Near IR. They accurately measure high repetition rate lasers over the broadest spectral.

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     PE10-C, PE10BF-C Data Sheet
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    Ophir Photonics Group Introduces BeamTrack, Industry’s First Laser Power/Position/Size Sensors

    Ophir Photonics Group, announces at LASERWorld of Photonics the BeamTrack Laser Power/Position/Size Sensors. BeamTrack is a unique series of thermal detectors that combine multiple functions in one device: power, energy, beam position, and beam size. The sensors also provide information on centering and beam wander, all in a compact unit that is the same size as single function detectors of the same power level. “BeamTrack sensors are the first in the market to allow users to monitor all of a laser’s main parameters,” stated Ephraim Greenfield, CTO, Ophir Photonics Group. “You can now measure not only power and energy, but also beam position and beam size. The new beam centering feature means the sensors deliver the most accurate power and energy measurements. This is especially important for small aperture devices.”


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     BeamTrack Data Sheet

    Ophir Photonics’ BeamGage® Laser BeamAnalysis Software Adds Support for 64-bit Processing & Large Format Cameras

    Ophir Photonics Group, announces the BeamGage® version 5.5, the company’s next generation laser beam analysis software. The new version supports 64-bit versions ofWindows® Vista and Windows 7, as well as the USB L11058 Large Format Beam Profiling Camera. The 11 mega-pixel, 35mm format L11058 is designed for measuring large laser beams. Its high resolution, 4008 x 2672 pixel format allows profiling of beams up to 24 x 36 mm without requiring reduction optics. Frame rates of up to 3.1 frames per second at full resolution increase throughput and productivity. BeamGage version 5.5 also provides more efficient processing by supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit


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     BeamGage® Data Sheet

    NanoModeScan

    Ophir Photonics Group, announces the NanoModeScan M2 Laser Beam Propagation Analyzer. NanoModeScan enables the quantitative measurement and viewing of high power CO2 laser beams. The system is easy to setup and align; the straight line of sight design means little or no attenuation is required. NanoModeScan is also fast; an M2 measurement can be made in as little as 20 seconds. In addition, the system reports beam waist diameter and location, divergence, and the beam’s Rayleigh range for each axis. The NanoModeScan’s ease of use and fast update rate (up to 20Hz) make it ideal for CO2 laser-based material processing, machining, and marking applications where laser performance needs to be adjusted in real-time. 


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    NanoModeScan M2 Data Sheet
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    GigE cameras

    Ophir-Spiricon, announced at PhotonicsWest 2011 that BeamGage®, the company’s next generation laser beam analysis software, now supports GigE cameras for high-speed applications. GigE (Gigabit Ethernet) cameras are low cost, high performance devices. They provide high speed, up to 1 Gigabit/s transmission rates, in a robust, miniature package (34 x 34 x 69mm). Based on the widely used Ethernet interface, the cameras are able to leverage the benefits of industry standard technology – ready availability, broad compatibility, and lower cost.
    “Ethernet is the most widely used networking technology today,” stated GaryWagner, President, Ophir-Spiricon. “Its prevalence in the industry makes it an affordable, easy to use platform. The high bandwidth supports high-speed, high-resolution cameras like the GigE. Combine these features with the sophisticated beam analysis capabilities of BeamGage and you have an ideal laser measurement system for demanding applications, like machine vision and industrial drilling, engraving, and cutting.”


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     BeamGage® Data Sheet
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    3A-P-THz THz Power/Shock Absorber

    Ophir-Spiricon, announces the Shock Absorber at PhotonicsWest 2011. The Shock Absorber is the industry’s first mounting post designed to allow the operation of sensitive pyroelectric laser power/energy sensors in an environment with vibration. This special mount smoothes out vibration and eliminates false triggering, reducing the sensor’s susceptibility to vibration from 2 to 10 times.


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     Shock Absorber Data Sheet

    3A-P-THz THz Power/Energy Sensor

    Ophir-Spiricon, announces the 3A-P-THz THz Power/Energy Sensor. The 3A-P-THz is designed to measure THz light sources from very low power to very high power, up to 3W, 30x the power levels of competing products. In addition, it is the only power/energy sensor on the market that is traceable
    to standard laboratory calibration. A standard sensor head, the 3A-P-THz is less expensive than traditional systems and is compatible with all Ophir meters and PC interfaces. The 3A-P-THz is the only power/energy meter to have been calibrated to read THz radiation at the PTB national metrology institute in Germany. It measures short pulse or CWlasers in the 0.1 to 10THz wavelength range. The sensor’s p-type absorber provides a larger aperture and flatter spectral response than most similar devices, maximizing performance across the entire spectral range. Optical power can be measured from 60μWto 3W, and energy from 20μJ to 2J.


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     3A-P-THz Data Sheet
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    PF Laser Sensors,

    Ophir-Spiricon, announces a new line of high damage threshold power volume absorbers for short pulsed lasers (<1us). The PF Sensors absorb a laser’s energy in the volume of the material being used. The sensors make use of a spray deposited on the surface, not the typical glass or ceramic substrate. This means the PF Sensors provide significantly higher power handling capacity and faster response times. They can handle up to 20x the power density, up to 3KW/cm2, and the response rate is as fast as 1s.


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     15(50)A-PF-DIF-18 Data Sheet
    L50(150)A-PF-35 Data Sheet
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    FPS-1 Fast Photodetector

    Ophir-Spiricon, announces that FPS-1 Fast Photodetector, Designed to measure the temporal
    pulse shape of lasers or other light sources, the FPS-1 is a high speed photodiode sensor with
    wide spectral response. The sensor provides a fast 1ns response time and handles wavelengths from 190nm to 1100nm.


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    Ophir-Spiricon, announces that BeamGage®, the company’s next generation laser beam analysis software, now supports the XEVA InGaAs NIR Camera for demanding applications. XEVA delivers high sensitivity in the NIR spectrum (900-1700 nm) at room temperatures, making it useful for both laboratory and industrial applications. A unique, non-uniformity correction algorithm handles two-point correction plus bad pixel correction to improve image accuracy. The camera’s high resolution InGaAs array is formatted for 320x256 with 30 µm square pixels.

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     XEVA InGaAs NIR Camera Data Sheet 

    Ophir-Spiricon, announces the StarLab 2.01, laser measurement software that converts a PC into a multi-channel laser power/energy station. Features of the newest version of the software includeWindows 7 64-bit compatibility and LabVIEWsupport for Ophir-Spiricon’s Juno USB laser sensor to PC interface. Earlier this year, StarLab added synchronization and display of multiple channels in one window, user-defined and multi-channel calculations, and an easy-to-use configuration panel for all channels. StarLab works with Ophir- Spiricon’s smart displays and PC interfaces, allowing users to measure, analyze, and record laser power and energy parameters from the company’s line of smart power/energy sensors.

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     StarLab Data Sheet 

    Ophir-Spiricon, announces the UV ND Filter system. a family of modular, slide-in neutral density attenuators and a C-mount holder designed to attenuate UV laser beams so they are at the proper intensity for CCD or Pyroelectric cameras. The filters work on lasers in the 190 to 380nm range and cover, for example, Excimer, Helium Cadmium, and Nd:YAG UV harmonic wavelengths.

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     UV ND Filters Data Sheet 

    BeamGage

    Ophir-Spiricon announces the BeamGage®, the company’s next generation laser beam analysis software, is the first to support the combination of laser beam profiling with power meter measurements in a single system. BeamGage now interfaces with Ophir power meters, including the company’s new Quasar wireless device. BeamGage matches the time stamps of the laser power meter readings to the beam profile data with a similar time stamp, providing a more complete view of laser performance.

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    BeamGage® Data Sheet

    PD10-IR-pJ

    Ophir-Spiricon announces the PD10-IR-pJ Photodiode Energy Sensors that measure very low energy, down to 30pJ. Part of the PD10 family of high sensitivity silicon laser sensors, the new devices extend the low measurement capability to the NIR range, covering from 800 to 1800nm. The PD10-IR-pJ energy sensors are designed for very low energy commercial and military applications, such as telecommunications and remote sensing.

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    PD10-IR-pJ Data Sheet

    Thermal Laser Power Sensors
    Ophir-Spiricon announces the Thermal Laser Power Sensors with powers up to 400W. These high performance, heat dissipation sensors feature an array of pins for cooling, unlike other devices which rely on flat cooling fins that consume significantly more space. As a result, they are the most compact laser power sensors on the market, half the size of most devices. The modular design can be tailored for a variety of custom OEM applications as well.

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    Juno

    Ophir-Spiricon announces the Juno the smart USB sensor to PC interface that converts a laptop or desktop PC into a laser power/energy meter. A compact USB module, the Juno connects any of Ophir-Spiricon’s 100+ smart laser sensors – thermal, pyroelectic, and photodiode -- to a PC USB port. The Juno operates with Ophir-Spiricon’s StarLab software StarLab logs power and energy; calculates and displays averages, statistics, histograms; and more. The system can record every energy pulse at up to 10 KHz.

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    starlab

    Ophir-Spiricon announces the StarLab 2.00 , laser measurement software that converts a PC into a multichannel laser power/energy station. Features of the newest version of the software include synchronization and display of multiple channels in one window, user-defined and multi-channel calculations, and an easy-to-use configuration panel for all channels. StarLab works with Ophir-Spiricon’s smart displays and PC interfaces, allowing users to measure, analyze, and record laser power and energy parameters from the company’s line of smart power/energy sensors.

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    PD300-R

    Ophir-Spiricon announces the PD300-R line of Circular Photodiode Sensors. Identical in performance to the company’s popular PD300 laser detectors, the PD300-R feature round geometry for easy mounting and centering on collinear optical bench systems. SM-1 mounting threads on all components ensure a fit with most optics. The sensors are designed to detect a wide range of light levels, from 500 picoWatts to 3W. Each device has a built-in filter that reduces the light level on the detector and allows measurements up to 30mWwithout saturation. A second, removable filter allows measurement up to 3W.

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