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Camera Based Laser Beam Profiling With BeamGage

Camera based laser beam profiling allows real time viewing and measuring of a beams spatial uniformity. This video explains why BeamGage is the worlds most advanced beam profiling …

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Can You Really Measure Laser Beam Quality (M Squared) in Real Time?

M-Squared is arguably the single most important factor when determining the potential efficiency of your laser.However, it can be a pain to measure. Since the beam quality can be calculated …

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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 and consistently. In order …

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Driving Blind: Why the Need for Industrial Laser Beam Profiling?

It’s time to buy another car. Like everyone else these days, you’re a bit cost-conscious, so you’re looking at getting the most for your money. You decide to see what the local used …

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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 cuts the steel sheets efficiently and effectively. One day, he noticed that one laser …

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Measuring Really Small Laser Beams (< 10 microns)

Profiling small laser beams and measuring the beam size (or mode field diameter) can be a serious challenge. But it’s critical to measure, especially in such applications as fiber optic …

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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 …

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How to Profile Very Short Pulsed Laser Beams

A laser beam profiler is more or less a specialized camera rigged to measure beam width, divergence, and other qualities of the laser’s spatial intensity distribution.So, like any camera, …

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Reducing Production Bottlenecks Using Real Time Laser Beam Measurements

The 1780 ModeScan determines M² and other beam propagation parameters of a laser in real time. Traditionally, these laser measurements were performed by directing the laser beam through …

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Maintain Proper Laser Beam Parameters for Additive Manufacturing / Dagmar.Shafner

Additivemanufacturing (AM), including selective laser melting (SLM) and 3D printing,relies on its laser source to properly manufacture 3D-printed parts. The laseris at once the most …

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Can a Simple Sensor Really Replace a Laser Beam Profiler?

So you need to profile your laser beam but are worried about the cost of a beam profiler? Or maybe you just think it will be too complex for your technicians?BeamTrack is a laser power …

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Instantaneous Measurement of M² Beam Propagation Ratio in Real-Time

A new instrument design allows the M² beam propagation ratio to be measured in real time at the update rate of a standard CCD camera. This allows lasers from single shot to CW to be …

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How to Ensure Reproducible Laser Beam Parameters in 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Systems

Ensuring product quality and reproducibility of 3D printing / Selective Laser Melting (SLM) system operation is essential part of any additive manufacturing process.Quality and reproducibility …

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Sharper Insights: CMOS Cameras Enhance BeamSquared

Discover the latest in laser measurement technology as we introduce the MKS Ophir BeamSquared analyzer, now enhanced with the cutting-edge SP204S CMOS camera—bringing superior sensitivity …

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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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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, …

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Spiricon Introduces BeamMic™, Entry-Level Laser Beam Analysis System Integrates Camera

We are proud to announced BeamMic™, a new laser beam analyzer that combines the essentials for beam analysis in a low-cost, entry-level system. BeamMic includes easy-to-use software …

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Ophir Photonics’ BeamGage® Laser BeamAnalysis Software Adds Support for 64-bit Processing & Large Format Cameras

May 2, 2011 – Logan, UT – Ophir Photonics Group, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment, today announced BeamGage® version 5.5, the company’s next generation laser …

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Beam profilers - Real time monitoring

Beam profilers have many advantages over acrylic block burns for monitoring laser beam profiles. Beam profilers don’t release poisonous toxic fumes and they can measure a beams profile …

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How to Calculate Laser Beam Size

Gaussian laser beams don’t have a simple cut-and-dry beam width.If you’re not familiar with the math behind a “Gaussian” you might wonder why this would be. Here’s why:The image above …