{"id":1791,"date":"2012-08-01T13:32:46","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T13:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ophiropt.com\/blog\/laser-measurement\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2025-01-30T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T12:25:24","slug":"technology-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ophiropt.com\/blog\/technology-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are proud to share some very exciting news with you. We have just won the prestigious R&D 100 Award! Since 1963, R&D Magazine<\/a> has selected the 100 most significant technologies of the year to honor with this distinction. In the past few decades, such innovations as the ATM, the printer and HDTV were recognized by R&D magazine as the keys to unlock the future. This year, Ophir <\/a>Photonics\u2019 BeamTrack<\/a> has joined this impressive list of world-changing products.
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BeamTrack is a line of power \/ position \/ size sensors that Ophir introduced about a year ago. These sensors combine the capability to measure power and single-shot energy with the new technology for laser beam size and position. This can be a huge timesaver when trying to center your laser beam, to give just one example of its many benefits.<\/p>\n

Read more in this press release:<\/span><\/p>\n

Ophir\u2019s BeamTrack\u2122 Laser Power\/Position\/Size SensorsWin R&D 100 Award<\/h2>\n

July 30, 2012\u2014 North Logan, UT \u2013 The editors of R&D Magazine have announced the winners of the 50th Annual R&D 100 Awards<\/strong>. These awards recognize the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the market over the past year. This year\u2019s winners include Ophir Photonics\u2019 BeamTrack\u2122 Laser Power\/Position\/Size Sensors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe R&D 100 Awards are well known as a benchmark of R&D excellence, identifying revolutionary technology that has just entered the market,\u201d stated Gary Wagner, General Manager, Ophir Photonics (US). \u201cWe are honored that BeamTrack has received this year\u2019s award. BeamTrack now joins the ranks of other winners like the automated teller machine (1973), fax machine (1975), and HDTV (1998).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBeamTrack is a unique series of thermal detectors that combine multiple functions in one device: power, energy, beam position, and beam size,\u201d said Ephraim Greenfield, Director of Technology, Ophir Photonics. \u201cThe sensors also provide information on centering and beam wander, all in a compact unit that is the same size as single function detectors of the same power level. They are the first on the market to allow users to monitor all of a laser\u2019s main parameters with a single device. Congratulations to the BeamTrack development team for a job well done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Team members included (left to right in group picture above): Yaakov Pechman, project manager; Jonathan Feust, electrical engineer; Shimon Elstein, physicist; Eliyahu Bender, physicist; Ilan Haber, R&D manager; Mark Ivker, physicist; and David Okun, electrical engineer.<\/p>\n

The BeamTrack<\/strong> line includes five (5) power\/position\/size sensors.
\n\u2022 Two models with full beam size capability for powers up to 150W
\n\u2022 Two models with beam tracking capability for low powers to 3W
\n\u2022 Three models with full beam size capability covering other power levels: 10W, 250W, and 400W<\/p>\n