Laser Marking: 30 Years of Innovation and Why Beam Quality (M²) Is the Hidden KPI for 2025
Introduction: The backbone of traceability, and the hidden KPI From automotive VINs to medical UDI/GS1 DataMatrix codes, laser marking underpins […]
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Focus shift monitoring of high power lasers
Measuring the focal spot of a high power laser is challenging, at best.
The main issue is that when a high power laser is focused down to a small point, the power density can be extremely high, typically high enough to damage any sort of measurement equipment you would use.
The solution?
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A Glimpse into the Life of Ophir CTO Ephraim Greenfield
What’s the one quality you need to be a great scientist? Intelligence? Diligence? If you ask Ephraim Greenfield, co-founder of
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High Power Laser Beam Profiling:A Day in the Life of a Laser Cutting Technician
Adam is a laser technician in a steel processing shop. His job is to make sure the YAG laser system
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Fastest Calibration in the Industry
Why is Ophir-Spiricon’s calibration lead-time the fastest in the industry? Learn about our lean journey and hear our announcement on
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Measuring very high power, very large laser beams, very fast!
Measuring very large beams at tens of KW, multi-KJ pulses… Our new patent-pending technology now makes these practical, and the
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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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Beam profiling-interesting examples
Throughout the years we, at Ophir, have come across many interesting applications where our beam profilers and laser power sensors
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Saving time and money using beam profilers
Today’s various laser applications, from delicate medical operations to heavy material processing, demand high quality laser beams which perform precisely
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How to measure the peak power of a pulsed laser
Here’s a peak power calculator, if that’s what you wanted. Read on if you’re interested in how to measure the
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Measuring Laser Position & Pointing Stability
One of the laser’s most useful properties is that while a laser beam propagates it defines a straight line. Many
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Medical Laser Applications: Beam Measuring & Profiling
Picture this, “you are an experienced eye surgeon. After a routine operation you are informed your patient’s eyesight may be impaired for life because your laser scalpel didn’t function properly”- how would you tell your patient the bad news?
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