Finding the center of the NanoScan
Finding the mechanical location of your laser beam can be important. Read how you can find a mechanical location of the center beam by using a NanoScan…
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Laser Beam Analysis
Recent updates and news in the world of Laser Beam Analysis
A Leader’s tip: This is how Ophir Spiricon determines its products’ dynamic range
Get a quick lesson about how Ophir Spiricon, a global leader in precision infrared optics and photonics determines its products’ dynamic range properly.
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Video: Quality Control 4X Throughput
In this video, Dick Rieley (Mid-Atlantic Sales Manager) recounts how a customer was able to increase his throughput by 4x!
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Measure Laser Spot Size & Power Density
Check your additive manufacturing system spot size, power density, beam profile and more with one compact laser measurement solution: BeamCheck.
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Assuring Correct Metallurgy in Direct Laser Melting
Learn how BeamCheck™ can drastically improve your 3D Metal Printing performance
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Can You Really Measure Laser Beam Quality (M Squared) in Real Time?
M-Squared is arguably the most important factor when determining the potential efficiency of your laser.
But, it can be a pain to measure. Here are 2 ways you can use that actually DON’T move the camera or the laser
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Measuring Really Small Laser Beams (< 10 microns)
Profiling small laser beams and measuring the beam size (or mode field diameter) can be a serious challenge. But it’s critical to measure, especially in such applications as fiber optic coupling efficiency, defect scanning, optical design and optical fabrication process control. Here’s how we suggest you do it
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BeamSquared for Easy M² Measurement
This new video is a nice, short primer on Ophir-Spiricon’s new “BeamSquared,” replacing the M2-200s as the M-Squared measurement system
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How to Calculate Laser Beam Size
Gaussian laser beams don’t have a simple cut-and-dry beam width.
If you’re not familiar with the math behind a “Gaussian” you might wonder why this would be. Here’s why:
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Using a Silicon Beam Profiler for UV Lasers?
Read this before before you do any damage.
Technically, silicon absorbs well down to 350 nm, and could even work at lower wavelengths (to 190 nm).
However,
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Max Power (Saturation) of CCD Beam Profilers
CCD cameras are used very often as UV, visible, and near-infrared laser beam profilers. When selecting a beam profiler, you
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Material Processing: When to Measure Your Laser
Most posts here are about how to measure laser power and beam profile. Today let’s discuss when to measure them.
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