MOGlabs FZW600, Manual

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Chapter 1. Introduction
1.2 Features
The MOGL abs FZW has no moving parts, and very high sensitivity
semiconductor imaging, enabling high measurement speed (up to
350 per second) and measurement of pulsed sources with only a few
microwatts of light.
Long lifetime is assured as there are no mechanical parts to wear out.
The etalons are optically-contacted fused silica, with a low thermal
expansion coefficient, making the instrument incredibly robust, reli-
able, and stable. High precision MEMS -based sensors are used to
make small corrections for environmental variations. Recalibration
is not required to maintain the stated accuracy; in fact, the FZW is
more stable than the neon lamp used in some other wavemeters as
a calibration source.
The FZW also integrates a modern 32-bit microprocessor and high-
resolution compact colour display. Wavelength calculation is perfor-
med automatically on the device so that no host computer is required.
It is compact and can be powered from USB or even a rechargeable
battery, so you can move it around your lab and measure wavelength
right where you are adjusting your laser.
Fast ethernet and USB communications combined with a sophisti-
cated software suite enable display on your lab computer or your
smartphone. Multiple
FZW
devices can be easily run from a single
computer, and integration with common data acquisition systems
is simple using text-based commands over standard protocols, with
simple bindings to
LabVIEW
,
MATLAB
, and
python
provided. PID fre-
quency feedback locking is also included with every device, also
without requiring a host computer.