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In today’s fast-paced photonics market it is important to understand the technical specications of highly complex laser
systems and their applications. As well as analyzing the power or energy, it is also useful to understand the shape, intensity
prole, and propagation of a laser beam. For over 25 years Coherent has developed precision instruments that measure,
characterize, and monitor these laser parameters for thousand of customers around the world.
Beam Prolers
As a laser beam propagates, changes in the laser cavity, as
well as changes in divergence and interactions with optical
elements, cause the width and spatial intensity of the beam
to change in space and time. Spatial intensity distribution is
a fundamental parameter for indicating how a laser
beam will behave in any application. And while theory can
sometimes predict the behavior of a beam, tolerance ranges
in mirrors and lenses, as well as ambient conditions affecting
the laser cavity and beam delivery system, necessitate
verication.
Two types of beam prolers are available: those that use
special cameras as the beam detectors (these are excellent
for fast and detailed analyses of the intensity prole of
pulsed and CW lasers); and systems that use moving knife-
edges (these have a large dynamic range and can accurately
measure small and focused beams). Coherent has both
of these types available: the camera-based BeamView
Analyzer on page 62 and an advanced knife-edge system—
BeamMaster—on page 71.
Beam Propagation
The Coherent ModeMaster beam propagation analyzer
established an entirely new laser beam quality parameter
that is now an ISO standard. M
2
is recognized as describing
both how “close-to-perfect Gaussian” a beam is, and also
how well the beam can be focused at its intended target.
Wavelength Meter
For many high performance tunable laser systems, or those
using laser diodes, it is important to measure the wavelength.
The WaveMaster laser wavelength meter accurately
measures the wavelength of both CW and pulsed lasers of
any repetition rate to an accuracy of 5 picometers. See page
80 for additional specications for the WaveMaster.
Laser
Cross-
Reference
Index
POWER
& ENERGY
Power
Sensors
Energy
Sensors
Custom
& OEM
BEAM
DIAGNOSTICS
CALIBRATION
& SERVICE
INDICES
Product
Name
Index
Power
& Energy
Meters
Introduction to Laser Beam Diagnostics
Beam Diagnostics Introduction
Model BeamView Analyzer BeamMaster ModeMaster WaveMaster
Wavelength – – – CW + Pulsed
Power / Energy – CW – –
Beam Position CW + Pulsed CW CW –
Propagation M
2
– – CW –
Beam Proles
2D CW + Pulsed CW CW –
3D CW + Pulsed CW – –
Page Number 62 71 74 80
Summary of
Product Primary
Measurement
Capabilities
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