Laser Beam Analysis Resources

Details on all of our laser measurement instruments.

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 …

Ophir provides mutual interconnections between different Ophir products via adapters with various threads, designed to exactly fit required optical path distances for each device.

When purchasing a highly advanced laser for use in the workplace, such as a laser, learning how to properly apply, troubleshoot, and evaluate that device becomes very important.

The development of this multi-focal laser welding process was significantly accelerated by the compact Ophir BeamWatch measuring device from MKS, which measures laser beams in real …

This document is intended to show how the process of obtaining data and providing measurements using Ophir-Spiricon’s Rayleigh-scatter beam profiling technology, BeamWatch®, aligns …

High power laser application has significantly increased in recent years due to new production techniques that enable cheaper manufacturing and operating costs. Applications of high-power …

Whether in research or in production, the laser parameters must be checked regularly. For this purpose, Fraunhofer IAPT generally turns to the Ophir BeamWatch AM, which measures the …

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 …

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

The Focal Length Divergence measurement method is based upon the beam width of a focused beam’s spot size and the focal length of the focusing optic.

It isn’t always obvious when a NanoScan has a damaged slit. There’s no loud sound and often no obvious problem with the equipment or the results. Since the damage is often confined …

In this laser, a significant amount of the energy is far out in the wings of the beam. This particular laser was used to cut steel, and it was found that, with time, there were variations …

Many laser users sympathize with this situation after enduring similar problems with their own lasers. Production line shut-downs, cash-flow disasters, late deliveries, irate customers …

If you have been in the laser cutting business long enough you eventually will have one of those days when, no matter what you do, the laser will not cut your parts cleanly…if at a …

Major hurdles in this technology are created by the smaller waveguide channel widths. While all sorts of impressive feats can be performed on the waveguide chip, the chip needs to be …

Measuring the profile of a high power density beam with a small diameter can be tricky. Cameras are not very good at measuring beams with diameters of less than 50μm, and the attenuation …

The NanoScan software allows the characterization of up to 16 simultaneous beams entering the aperture, allowing the user to examine and evaluate various standard beam parameters displayed …

Measurements were performed away from beam focus, and near the beam focus. Additional time could be spent measuring through the entire beam waist caustic to determine the exact focal …

The challenge is to split a laser beam into multiple parts that perform equally for the scribing process. In this case, the laser needed to be split into four equal beams and delivered …