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Fiber Adapter Accessory

When using a Fiber Adapter accessory together with one of Ophir's sensors, it is important to be aware of the power/energy density that is going to reach the sensor's surface.

Application Notes

Fiber Optics Beam Measurement

A beam of light coming out of a small aperture diverges; this is related to basic wave physics, and in fact this applies to any wave. The angle of divergence is a function of the aperture …

Catalog

1 Micron Fiber Laser Optics Brochure

With decades of knowledge and experience in the optical industry, using cutting-edge measurement equipment, Ophir offers a wide array of first-class optics for high power fiber lasers …

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Fiber Optic Adapters for Ophir Sensors

Need to measure a laser beam coming out of a fiber? To do it right, the fiber will need to be suitably positioned in front of the sensor, and held steady. Learn about fiber adapters …

Technical Article

Measuring Divergence of Custom Optical Fibers

Measurement of the divergence of such sources can be made using either the Goniometric Radiometer or NanoScan family of products. The accuracy and detail of the measurement depends …

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Optics for 1 microm Fiber Lasers

The output optical assembly of a fiber optic beam delivery system consists usually of a collimating lens, a focusing lens and a protective window. The optical lenses featured in the …

Blog Post

Fiber Optic Adapters for Ophir Sensors

Many laserapplications involve measuring beams that come out of an optical fiber.Your application might involve low powers (say, telecom), or high powers (industrial fiber lasers for …

Blog Post

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 is an example of how the process can be made easier using a beam …

Literature

1 Micron Fiber Laser Optics Brochure

With decades of knowledge and experience in the optical industry, using cutting-edge measurement equipment, Ophir offers a wide array of first-class optical coatings for high power …

Blog Post

How to Measure Fiber-Coupled UV Light…

… from any type of source.Say you need to measure the power of a fiber-coupled UV source. The most obvious choice is to use a photodiode detector, since they are fast and highly sensitive.However, …

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Measuring beams coming out of a fiber

When you need to measure a beam coming out of a fiber, there are some parameters that might have a somewhat different meaning than they do when referring to "regular" beam measurements. …

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Measuring laser power of fiber optic cables

One of Ophirs clients was trying to measure transmission loss in fiber optic cables, using a PD300 sensor. He was obtaining results that vary strongly with the distance between the …

Technical Note

 

User Notes Using the Ophir L1500W-LP2-50 (P/N 7Z02772) / L1500W-BB-50 (P/N 7Z02752) / 5000W-LP2-50 (P/N 7Z02773) / 5000W-BB-50 (P/N 7Z02754) Sensors with the Ophir QBH-L-Fiber Adapter …

Technical Note

Antireflection Coatings for High-Power Fiber Laser Optics

In these applications, optics (lenses, protective windows) are needed to work properly at correspondingly high laser power and power density levels. For these optics, absorption losses …

Blog Post

QBH Fiber Adapters for Measuring High Power Lasers

Fiber lasers havebecome the high power workhorse of the laser industry. With modular scalabilityand high efficiency, these lasers have become the tool of choice for manyindustrial processes.When …

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Tech tip: Measuring Power Out of a Fiber

There are many applications that involve measuring power out of a fiber, where the power is in the range of tens of µW to a few mW. A customer recently found that every time he disconnected …

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How to Measure Optical Fiber Power and Energy

Not everyone knows this, but almost all Ophir power and energy sensors can be used with four standard fiber adapters: ;SMA ;FC ;ST ;SCOf course, any fiber can be measured by an Ophir …

Literature

Antireflection Coatings for High Power Fiber Laser Optics

Ophir Optics has developed low-absorption AR coatings for optics used in applications with high-power fiber lasers. The coatings are produced by standard and ion beam assisted e-beam …

Technical Article

Uncovering Cause of Bad Welds in Fiber Delivery System

When installing a fiber delivered laser system, checking the quality of the delivered beam is important. The beam quality can be checked at the couplers and verified through the optics. …

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The NanoScan Beam Profiler For aligning fiber optic components

Fiber optic telecommunications systems include optical components where light exits the fiber, is directed through optical elements such as optical filters or optical amplifiers, and …