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 …

in general we recommend to not use 4-pin on-board 1394 FireWire ports (that can be found on some laptop computers) since they tend to be less reliable and/or cause the Pyrocam III to …

With the broad range of wavelengths that can be measured with this instrument, the first consideration is the material and anti-reflective coating of the lens. There are a number of …

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 …

In this application, our customer manufactures encoders that incorporate LED’s (light emitting diodes) that have a collimating lens attached. The LED’s produce between 850nm and 880nm …

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. …

Symptoms are dross on laser cut, decreased cut speeds, low or unstable laser power and off-balance or unstable beam profile

Laser beam profiling provides the tools to characterize the laser and know precisely what the beam is doing at the point of the work and if the optics are having the desired effect. …

it is possible to stack up a sufficient optical density to reduce the power of a 1W laser to the nW levels that will not saturate the detector. Unfortunately, doing this will more than …

W. Edwards Deming said, "If you can't measure it, you can't control it," and "You cannot inspect quality into the product; it is already there." Instead of trying to inspect-in quality, …

A recent application called for the beam analysis of a 1550 nm laser source with a challenging optical arrangement. Signal loss occurred at each beam transfer across multiple reflective …

Case Study: During production and, above all, during the final inspection of the laser systems, the measured parameters are continually compared against the specifications.

To ensure the high quality of each laser system, thorough end-of-line testing is mandatory before a laser system is delivered.

Beam attenuation is critical because lasers designed for cutting sheet steel will have no trouble cutting through a beam profiler if the beam power isn't attenuated.

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 …

Among hundreds of variables that are associated with an Additive Manufacturing process are the many variables associated with the laser that is used within the system. These lasers …

Ensuring beam quality in automated industrial laser materials processing poses many challenges for measurement technology. MKS addressed these challenges by developing Ophir BeamWatch …

When we developed BeamWatch AM, we not only drew diagrams and thought about great features, we also talked to experienced manufacturers of selective laser melting (SLM) machines about …