Laser Beam Analysis

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Details on all of our laser measurement instruments.

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A laser beam profiler will increase your chance of success anytime you wish to design or apply a laser or when you find your laser system is no longer meeting specifications. You would …

Technical Article

Imaging UV light with CCD Cameras

Is it possible to image a UV laser with a Silicon Sensor CCD camera offered by Ophir-Spiricon? The answer is yes, but the direct UV light ablates Silicon CCD chips over time. The ablation …

Technical Note

Multiple Instances of BeamGage

BeamGage does have the ability to run multiple instances while connected to the same camera source, which can add benefits such as simultaneous mutually exclusive results. For instance, …

Technical Note

How to Lock Out Controls in BeamGage

BeamGage does have the ability to lock out controls and the modification of reported results through the Options Privileges feature.

Technical Article

Beam Diagnostics Improve Laser Heat Treatment Effectiveness

The use of lasers to perform this heat treating process has become a well-accepted approach. Understanding the beam shape, the uniformity of its intensity, and the cleanliness of the …

Technical Article

Technology’s Role in the Evolution from Laser Technician to Laser Technology Specialist

The skills required to understand, troubleshoot, and correct problems with lasers, and the systems they are a part of, are in high demand. It's all part of an evolution whereby yesterday's …

Technical Note

Is Goodness of Fit a Better Metric than Circularity?

Questions like these are common, given the sheer number of parameters Ophir's BeamGage software calculates from each beam profile. When faced with all these various metrics, it's natural …

Technical Article

How to prolong the life of your beam profilers

There are many different types of Ophir beam profilers. In this article we want to outline some of the major damages we have encountered in our European Service & Calibration …

Application Notes

Additive Manufacturing

AM involves building up a structure by adding material to it layer by layer, with each layer being a precise cross section of the structure. Originally used for rapid prototyping, AM …

Application Notes

Laser Forensics: The Invisible, Revealed and Measured

The underlying operational principle is based on the fact that residues of body fluids, natural oils and sweat absorb radiation in the infrared range.

Application Notes

Non-invasive Blood Glucose Monitor

Many non-invasive methods for measuring blood glucose have failed because they were not accurate enough: Glucose values in body fluids such as tears, saliva or sweat do not correlate …

Technical Article

Battle Axe vs. Scalpel: How to Work with High Power Density Lasers

With lasers there will always be opportunities for improvement. Reliable technology for measuring the laser beam can really help with process optimization.

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Laser Profiling 101

Beyond knowing power or energy, most laser owners and operators have never seen their beam in real time, because most lasers are invisible to the human eye. Users rely on the certification …

Technical Article

ISO Compliance of Non-contact, Real-time Beam Analysis

The technology used in the BeamWatch laser beam profilers enables the measurement of high-power beams without ever touching the laser beam. As the technology is relatively new, it has …

Technical Article

Analyzing Small, High Power Beams at Focus in Manufacturing Applications

Determining the beam profile at the beam focus of these lasers is critical to verify and improve manufacturing product quality. However, there are enormous challenges that must be overcome …

Technical Note

Beam Profiling of 1 KW Fiber Laser with Camera-Based Profiling System

Setup and location of the beam was relatively simple. The X and Y movements were used in conjunction with the 633 nm target laser to center the beam on the camera chip.

Technical Article

Evaluating a Multimodal Beam

Researchers are devising ways of generating and using more complex higher-order multimode formats, such as a TEM03 or TEM33. Some current examples are: telecommunications, analytical …

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Achieving Standardized Measurements with BeamWatch AM

BeamWatch AM has been designed specifically for use in the additive manufacturing industry to provide non-interfering real-time beam measurement at the location of the working plan …

Technical Article

How Ophir Determines the Dynamic Range of Laser Measurement Products

Dynamic range is meant to characterize the ratio between the highest and lowest measurable signals (i.e. the signal range). As we've written before on our blog, most laser beam profiling …

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