3 Ways to Keep Track of Your Laser Beam’s Divergence
“She’s as focused as a laser.” We’ve all heard similes like this one, but we also know that as straight […]
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NanoScan-Scanning-Slit Profilers: Common Causes of Damage & Reasons for Out-of-Tolerance
With proper care, your NanoScan slit-based beam profiler will provide many years of trouble-free operation. This video provides tips to
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Quiet! I Can’t Hear the Movie
Imagine trying to watch a movie while a third of the theater is chatting away. Would you sit and enjoy
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Don’t Let Lasers Ruin Your Solar Cells!
Picture this: After decades of providing the best quality solar panels, you find competitors edging you out of the market
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Calibration for Cops
As more and more people try to fight speeding tickets by claiming the police LIDAR guns are not precise, it
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Why Choose Scanning Slit Based Laser Beam Profilers?
If I asked you to forget everything you know about beam profiling and come up with a way to take
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The Uncertainties in Laser Measurement
Ophir’s CTO, Dr. Ephraim Greenfield, discusses in the attached video the various factors that contribute to uncertainties in laser measurement
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How to Use a Thermal Sensor for a Pulsed Laser Beam
Often times we are approached with a question about measuring low energy or power. For example, what if the laser
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How to Analyze High Power Laser Beams
Every day a new application if found for lasers. High power lasers are especially useful for material processing, but are
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How to Choose the Energy Level and Threshold
When measuring energy with a thermal head there are two parameters that can be adjusted: the energy scale and the
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Measuring Laser Focus Spot Size in an Industrial Medical Device Application
This step-by-step tutorial shows how to set up a camera-based beam profiling system on an industrial single-pulse laser welding system,
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Light Shows: Are We Attacking the Audience with Lasers?
Well, the short answer is (hopefully) no. But the question is how can we be so sure? After all, these
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