Beam Cube User Guide Introduction
1 Introduction
The quality and repeatability of laser material processing
is critically dependent on control of the various laser
parameters from production run to production run. The
Beam Cube now allows the operator to measure and
monitor these parameters for industrial Nd:YAG, Diode
and Fiber laser systems of up to 150W average power in
real time and thus closely control the process. It does this
by combining the Beam Profiling capabilities of the
Spiricon series of cameras with the power and temporal
pulse shape measurement capabilities of Ophir’s BA
series.
The user should also check Ophir’s Web page for the latest
updates and FAQs not covered in this manual.
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Note: This manual is a companion to the BeamStar
User Manual that is included in the Beam Cube
package. All features of the BeamStar software are
available with the Spiricon camera that is embedded in
the Beam Cube.
1.1 Manual
Overview
This manual describes the following:
•
System Requirements and Components
•
Overview of Beam Profiling Capabilities
•
Power and Energy Measurement
•
Temporal Pulse Shape Analysis
