Avoid Thermal Lensing When Profiling Your Laser Beam!
So, your laser power is a little high. No problem, just stick some attenuating filters in to lower the power, […]
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Beam Profiling
The Wrong Way to State Dynamic Range – And How to Spot It
This is the second part in a short series on dynamic range. You can read the first part here.
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How Can You be Sure that Your Laser’s Output is Pure Laser Light?
We’d all love to imagine a world where lasers always perform exactly as they’re meant to. Unfortunately, the all-too-often reality
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Understanding Beam Profiling Dynamic Range Units
It all started when a slow-witted engineer was teased one too many times. Tired of being the butt of all
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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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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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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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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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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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How Beam Profiling Saved Lives
You’re probably thinking, “Okay, I get it. Beam profiling is important. But saving lives? Come on.” No, really, it can
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Fiber Coupling of a Laser Diode
Accurately coupling an ND: YAG or another powerful laser into a fiber delivery system can be a challenging task. Here
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