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How Accurate is BeamGage?
So, you measure your laser beam and get this very pretty 3D display of its spatial profile. Awesome! BeamGage Calculation of Beam Profile and Beam Width Wait a minute… How do I know...
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How to Profile an Ultraviolet Excimer Laser
Ultraviolet excimer lasers are important for many applications: primarily medical and photolithography, but not exclusively. Measuring them, however, is not always so simple. We recently encountered a...
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Here’s How Klaus Hansen Measures his Laser
We are proud to announce that Klaus Hansen is the winner of our Facebook beam profiling image contest. He entered the picture below – “advanced beam shaping for laser cutting and welding.” Want to...
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How to Increase Laser Welding Efficiency and Reduce Scrap
Stop me when this sounds familiar. Your laser welding system is not producing the quality welds you expected. You know what your laser’s power density should be and where the laser should be focused,...
View ArticleBeamGage Tutorial: Results Display Configuration
In this video, we demonstrate how to configure BeamGage to display the many possible measurement results of a laser under test httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4LUkJdFwho
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How to Profile Large, Small, and High Power Laser Beams
Don’t you wish there was a one size fits all beam profiler? I know I do. Problem is that the very thing that makes a beam profiler so perfect for one laser renders it useless for a different laser. At...
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A Quick Guide to Profiling Small Laser Beams
When using a camera to profile your laser, it’s important to keep the ratio of laser size / pixel size higher than 20. Not only does this increase the resolution of your profile image, but it also...
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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 it stands to...
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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 coupling...
View ArticleFastest Calibration in the Industry
Why is Ophir-Spiricon’s calibration lead-time the fastest in the industry? Learn about our lean journey and hear our announcement on how we will become even better this year.
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