Measuring Energy of High Rep Rate Pulsed Lasers
There’s a common misconception when it comes to choosing an energy sensor to measure high frequency pulsed lasers. The confusion […]
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BeamGage Automation
BeamGage Professional and BeamGage Enterprise allow programmers to access all the functionality of the graphical user interface through LabView, Visua…
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Can a Small Integrating Sphere Measure Your UV LEDs?
Does this conversation sound familiar to you? “Hey boss, how many LEDs should I use?” “Uh, why don’t you add
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Your Map to Laser Beam Profiling Accessories:Which Cameras Do They Work With?
Few lasers can be profiled directly with a camera. Attenuation is almost always a must. Sometimes you might need additional
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What’s Harder to Measure:A Short Pulsed Laser or a CW Laser?
On the one hand, CW lasers will almost always have a higher average power. That means it’s harder for the
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A Quick Guide to Profiling Small Laser Beams
When using a camera to profile your laser, it’s important to keep the ratio of laser size / pixel size
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Cooling of OEM Sensors: Heat Sinking
Many of Ophir’s OEM power sensors have a maximum average power specification of “XX watts free standing, YY watts heat
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Do You Use a High Average Power Pulsed Laser?
The average powers of pulsed lasers are getting higher and higher these days. With IPG Photonics’ fiber lasers, Trumpf’s solid
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Laser Beam Profiler Attenuation: The Right Way and the Wrong Way
When you want to profile your laser, you’ll notice that CCD cameras are generally way too sensitive to use as
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Effects of Incidence Angle on Measurements
Are you measuring a laser beam coming at an angle correctly? Ever wonder how your laser power measurements are affected
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How to Measure Fiber-Coupled UV Light…
… from any type of source. Say you need to measure the power of a fiber-coupled UV source. The
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Laser Beam Too Big to Profile? Reduce It!
Ok, so obviously if your laser beam is too big you can just use a beam reducer to get it
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