How much of my sensor’s aperture should I fill?
In many laser measurement applications, the beam size can be controlled. In such cases, how large should you make your […]
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Tech Tip: Minimizing Corrosion in Water-Cooled Sensors
Historically, corrosion in our sensors manifests as pitting corrosion in the anodized aluminum. There are a number of factors that
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How can I communicate with an Ophir laser Power Meter using a Linux machine?
Let’s say the computers used in your laser environment happen to use Linux as an operating system, and you want
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Peak Power Vs. Average Power- Master It & Calculate It
If you always wanted to learn how to measure the real pulse temporal shape of your laser – and use
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What’s M-Squared, again?
Here’s a surprising statistic: Nine out of ten laser technicians have no idea what M² is. Most laser beam characteristics are
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Terahertz Measurement
THz radiation is being talked about more and more lately, because of its unique usefulness in a wide range of
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Changes in your sphere? Have No Fear!
Integrating spheres are very useful for collecting light to be measured. However it is very important to understand how integrating
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Why does measuring your laser beam help you maintain quality processes?
Much like a light ball that degrades over time, a laser beam at the work surface has to be maintained
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The only hand-held Ophir meter that measures laser exposure/dosage
Usually, when discussing laser measurements, we often refer to the power or energy of the laser. Sometimes though, we need
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Laser Power / Energy Measurement – Know your basics
New wavelengths, higher powers/energies and new applications all the time – No doubt that the laser industry is advancing steadily.
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New laser fails to perform according to specifications – What can you do about it?
Just imagine the following situation: you’re a well trained and experienced manufacturer engineer. Your company had just purchased a laser
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A closer look: Ophir’s most versatile, advanced, ‘do it all’ laser power meter
Another regular day at the office…Let’s say you need to perform a recorded log of the stability of the power density,
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