Watch: How to Measure Low Power, Slowly Pulsing Beams (“Low Frequency Power”)
Are you trying to measure a low-power, slowly pulsing beam (think of a VCSEL beam for example) – and getting frustrated? Measuring low-power, slowly pulsing beams using photodiode sensors can be surprisingly tricky. Learn about the technical challenges you’ll face when trying to measure such beams, and about the Ophir solutions that will help you.…
continue readingWatch: On-demand Webinar – Measuring my Laser…Where do I start?
Learn the basic principles, and best practices of laser measurement. You have a laser you’re about to start working with? You have enough experience with other technologies to know that you want to verify its performance; so you start looking for a tool to measure the laser’s…well, what? In other words: Where do I start?…
continue readingWatch: Measure Long-Wavelength Lasers with IR Cameras, Pyroelectric and Scanning-Slit Sensors (with Photonics Media)
In the following webinar produced by Photonics Media, Kevin D. Kirkham, senior manager of business development USA at Ophir Photonics, presents the types of measurement tools that are available for long-wavelength sources, and he helps determine which tools are appropriate for different application types. These tools include IR cameras, pyroelectric scanning-slit sensors, and wavelength conversion…
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On Demand Webinar: Understanding Laser Energy Measurement & How Laser Energy Measurement Works
If you need to measure laser pulse energies, you have probably run into a variety of issues and concepts that seem to just cause confusion… In this webinar, you will learn: • How energy measurement works (short basic version…) • How to make sure you are getting accurate readings • How to avoid out-of-tolerance issues…
continue readingOn-demand Webinar: Measuring the Power and Beam Profile of Divergent Laser Sources
The following webinar was produced by Photonics Media and presented by Derrick Peterman, Ph.D. and our sales director in USA & Americas on May 2021. In this webinar, Derrick discuss methods for reliably characterizing the beam power and profile of divergent sources, so that users will be able to better understand how their lasers are…
continue readingOn-demand Webinar: High Power laser measurement challenges and solutions
Monitoring laser behavior in high-power applications is critical to keeping your process running properly. However, that monitoring – the laser measurement itself – is not trivial. There are many “little things” one could do that might unknowingly mess with the measurement, or even damage the instrument. For example: • At what point should the cooling…
continue readingWatch: On-demand Webinar – Laser Measurement Solutions for Material Micro Processing Applications
If you use lasers in material “micro processing” applications – such as drilling via holes in PCBs, OLED display “lift-off”, cutting of smartphone cover glass – you already know how difficult the challenges are. The often delicate combination of laser parameters – ultra short pulse duration, high repetition rate, perhaps short wavelength among others –…
continue readingWatch: BeamWatch® Integrated – Automated Beam Measurement for Industrial High-Power Lasers
The Ophir BeamWatch Integrated is an industrial laser beam profiler developed to meet the needs of material processing users. Designed for use with high-power laser beams, BeamWatch Integrated combines non-contact beam profiling of the BeamWatch family an Ophir power measurement sensor with high industrial standards in automation technology. Fully automated Beam profiling and power measurement…
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Here Comes the Revolution – BeamPeek, an Integrated Beam Analysis and Power Measurement System for Additive Manufacturing
We’re super proud and excited to introduce the Ophir® BeamPeek™, an integrated beam analysis and power measurement system for fast, accurate, real-time measurement of lasers in additive manufacturing chambers. Introduced at Laser World of Photonics (started yesterday), the BeamPeek system provides simultaneous beam profiling, focal spot analysis, and power measurement in just three (3) seconds.…
continue readingWatch: How to Keep a Tight Leash on High-Power Laser Processes
Laser beams with powers of many tens of kilowatts are becoming increasingly common in today’s industrial applications. However, as the powers increase, the stakes increase as well. In this webinar, we will discuss how to monitor appropriate laser parameters to keep high-power processes stable and predictable. So, here’s the agenda… We’ll start with a quick…
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Watch: How to Use the StarViewer Android App to Operate the Ariel
When you think of a laser power meter, you usually imagine a sensor connected by a cable to a device, a handheld meter, or perhaps a direct to PC interface. But that’s not always how it is. Sometimes a cable is not an option. In an additive manufacturing chamber for example, you want the sensor…
continue readingWatch: Product Overview – “Helios Plus” Industrial Laser Power Meter Family
For measuring high power lasers in industrial settings, meet Ophir’s Helios Plus family. Designed with factory automation in mind, they have a robust, industrial design for harsh environments, and the range of communication interfaces make them easy to integrate into factory networks. Get a brief introduction to the new Helios Plus family in the following…
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