Keep Cool: Avoiding Sensor Drift
Mark Slutzki explains the difference between real life and theory and how it all connects to the way you can avoid Sensor Drift…
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Laser Power & Energy Measurement
Recent updates and news in the world of power and energy measurements
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Our Ophir Photonics – Laser Measurement community is growing, and much of the conversation is happening on social media! We want
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MKS’ Ophir® Business Unit Announces StarLab 3.30, Laser Power/Energy Measurement Software
The new version supports expanded network access via the Ophir EA-1 Ethernet Adapter or Quasar Bluetooth Adapter, user-defined pass/fail limits, and multiple pre-defined startup configurations.
Monitor & Control Your Laser Power with Wi-Fi
You can now add any standard power sensor into your Wi-Fi network! And here are 5 reasons why you should do it…
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MKS’ Ophir® Business Unit Announces Calibrated Sensor for Measuring Very Low Power THz Sources
Ophir® RM9-THz Radiometer, a low noise, high sensitivity sensor for measuring low power levels of 50nW to 100mW from short pulse or CW lasers in the 0.7…
Is Your CO₂ Laser Cutting Slowly?
It might be time to measure your laser power. Laser cutting speed is a function of the material type, thickness,
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What’s the Lowest Power I can Measure with My (Thermopile) Laser Power Detector?
It depends. And it doesn’t just depend on the type of sensor you have or the specs of that sensor.
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Laser Beam Optics Calculators
A laser is a complicated animal. Whether you’re a lab researcher or an industrial worker, there are several parameters you
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Recalibrating Your Laser Power Meter for Long-Term Accuracy and Reliability
We’d all like to imagine that our things will stay in mint condition forever. But we know that’s not the case. Just like laser degrade (and therefore must be measured), the measurement equipment itself will slowly drift away from its precise calibration.
This is why we recommend yearly calibration. If you aren’t sure when your laser power or energy is due for recalibration, you can check by connecting it to a meter. If it needs to be recalibrated, a notification will pop up on the first screen.
Here’s how the recalibration process works.
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Integrating Spheres for Lighting and Laser Diode Measurement
An integrating sphere is a powerful tool to capture all the light of a widely divergent beam. The sphere scatters light uniformly over its whole interior.
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Ethernet Laser Power Meter
You can now measure your laser directly from the Ethernet network, without any need to go through to a PC.
Ophir’s new EA-1 is an Ethernet Adapter which can be used with virtually all power sensors to turn them into an Ethernet laser power meter.
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How to Measure Extremely Low Power Lasers (pW, fW)
If you looked at the Ophir catalog a year or two ago, you could quickly get a sense for the
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