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Measuring Pulsed Lasers with a Scanning-Slit Profiler

When it comes to profiling your laser beam, there are quite a few questions to consider. Accuracy, functions, cost, etc.But the most basic question is will this profiler work with my …

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A Shopping List for Your Beam Profiler

Choosing the best profiler for a laser is a complex process. There is no one profiler available that works with all lasers because of all the factors involved. Here we’d like to help …

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How to choose a profiler for small spot beams?

In certain cases where a beam or focused spot diameter is in the order of tens of microns in diameter special attention is required when it comes to beam profiling. One example is stent …

Technical Article

Scanning Slit vs Camera-Based Beam Analyzers

In part 1, we discussed camera technologies that are available for covering various wavelengths. There are similar options for scanning slit profilers.

Technical Note

How to Profile Pulsed Lasers with a Scanning Slit

Scanning slit profilers boast several advantageous qualitites, such as the ability to measure high powers without attenuation, relatively inexpensive infrared compatibility, and mo …

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The Truth about Laser Beam Profilers: Camera vs. Scanning Slit

CCD and Scanning-Slit Beam ProfilersMany people will profess to speak the truth, but few are really in a position to be completely impartial. I’m not saying that everyone is a liar, …

Technical Note

Care of NanoScan Apertures

The NanoScan slit and pinhole aperture substrates are very thin and extremely fragile. Any physical contact will likely damage them. For example, fiber tips placed too close to the …

Technical Note

What is Convolution, or How Small of a Beam Can I Measure?

With the current CCD technology, this means that a CCD can measure a beam of approximately 40-50 um diameter. A scanning slit profiler is known for being able to measure smaller beams—but …

Technical Note

NanoModeScan: Which Scan Heads Not to Use

We do not recommend using the smallest scan heads (3.5 mm aperture, 1.8 μm slit) for M2 measurement, because they are subject to a distortion effect called vignetting: Scanning slits …

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How to Find the Perfect Laser Beam Profiler

I wish I could tell you that there is one super-profiler, and it will profile any laser with 100% accuracy!Of course that’s a pipe dream. There are tons of different laser types, so …

Technical Article

Measuring Pulsed Lasers with NanoScan 2s

The NanoScan 2s is the newest scanning slit, sensor-based, beam profiling system from Ophir-Spiricon LLC. It can profile pulsed laser beams with repetition rates in the 10 kHz range …

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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 a “picture” of a laser, what comes to mind? The most obvious answer is to use a camera …

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When Can You Use a Scanning-Slit Beam Profiler for Pulsed Lasers?

Scanning slit profilers (such as Ophir’s NanoScan) boast several advantageous qualities, such as the ability to measure high powers without attenuation, relatively inexpensive infrared …

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An Easy Way to Measure M-Squared

What is M-Squared, you ask?Basically, it’s a measure of how well your laser beam focuses, or more accurately, how close it is to a perfect Gaussian beam. You can read more about what …

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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 help you get the most life from your NanoScan …

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Beam Profiler Detectors: Which Material Should I Use?

When choosing a beam profiler there are many decisions one must consider, one of them being which type of detector to use. This is mainly a function of wavelength, but there are some …

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Measuring Long-Wavelength Lasers with IR Cameras, Pyroelectric Scanning-Slit Sensors, and Wavelength Conversion Apparatus

Webinar produced by Photonics Media and presented by Kevin Kirkham, Senior Manager of Business Development USA at Ophir Photonics on June 2022. In this webinar Kevin D. Kirkham presents …

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Image Profile Of A Lens Or Optical System Using NanoScan

Best Focus and Minimum Spot DiameterUsing a NanoScan and standard optical accessories, acceptance testing and final system performance of a lens, lens assembly, optical subsystem, or …

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Laser beam profiling- a key for "solar revolution"

In the past few years, along with the world's need for alternative energy, the solar panel production industry is expanding rapidly.Many solar production lines use laser based methods …

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Photon Introduces NanoScan™ v2, Enhanced User Interface for Scanning Slit Laser Beam Profiler

North Logan, UT – Photon, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced NanoScan v2, the newest version of the company’s scanning …