THORLABS WFS Series, Operation Manual

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9 Installation
2.2 Parts List
A complete wavefront analyzing system consist of a WFS series sensor, a USB2.0
cable and an PC or laptop. You don't have to install an additional card into your PC
and you don't need external power supply.
The shipping package contains:
Wavefront Sensor instrument as an external measurement head with dust cover
Mounting adapter plate and 4 mounting screws M3x6 (WFS)
Mounting adapter plate and 2 mounting screws M3x6 plus 1 screw M2x6
(WFS10)
USB2.0 high speed cable USB A to Mini USB B, 2,0 m
CD-ROM with the required driver and application software included
Wavefront Sensor operating manual
Exchangeable Microlens Arrays
As a special feature the WFS series Wavefront Sensors are equipped with an
interchangeable microlens array mounted into a precision
patent pending magnetic
holder.
The exchange of the microlens arrays allows economic switching to different
applications requiring different WFS specifications in terms of spatial resolution
(lenslet pitch), focal length, wavefront sensitivity and dynamic range. See chapter
Microlens Data for a table of available MLAs.
Mounting Adapter Plate
A mounting adapter is added to the camera housing of the Wavefront Sensor in
order to supply standard threads M4 and UNC8-32 which are compatible to the
palette of Thorlabs' mounts and posts holders.
Mount this adapter plate on the bottom side of the Wavefront Sensor using the 4
screws M3x6 (WFS) and 2x M3x6 + 1x M2x6 (WFS10) if you want to use one of the
mounting threads M4 or UNC8-32. Otherwise, this adapter can be omitted. See
Appendix
Mounting Adapter for a drawing of this adapter plate.
Optional C-Mount Adapter
The C-Mount threading on the face of the Wavefront Sensor allows with the help of
an adapter (
Thorlabs SM1A9 ) for the convenient mounting of components utilizing
SM1 thread. These are for instance Neutral density (ND) filters , to help prevent
device saturation or lens tubes to reduce scattered light and to allow for the mounting
of additional optical components.
Trigger Cable (optional)
An optional trigger cable CAB-DCU-T2 for WFS and CAB-WFS10-T1 for WFS10
series instruments can be ordered separately for supplying an electrical trigger
signal to the WFS series instruments. See chapter
Trigger Input for details.
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