{"id":209,"count":1,"description":"When selecting a laser beam profiler, there are several basic questions to be answered:\r\n\r\n \t<strong>Wavelength(s) <\/strong>Do I need a broad wavelength range system or a limited spectrum?\r\n \t<strong>Beam Diameter <\/strong>Is my beam small (a few microns) or is it larger, in the mm range?\r\n \t<strong>Power\/Energy <\/strong>Am I dealing with \u00b5W\/\u00b5J, mW\/mJ, or higher? Do I need attenuation\/sampling?\r\n \t<strong>Accuracy <\/strong>What measurement accuracy do I need?\r\n \t<strong>CW or Pulsed or beam <\/strong>Do I have a CW (continuous) output or a pulsed beam? If pulsed what PRR?\r\n\r\nNext, what measurements are needed?\r\n\r\n \tBeam Diameter(s)?\r\n \tBeam XY Position, Wander?\r\n \tBeam XYZ Focus Position?\r\n \tBeam Divergence, Pointing?\r\n \tBeam Shape (Gaussian, TopHat, Line Projection)?\r\n \tBeam Quality (e.g. M2 Propagation Parameter, Uniformity)?\r\n\r\nThe answer to these questions will help narrow the selection of profilers that will best measure your beam.\r\n\r\nWhen selecting a laser beam profiler, there are several basic questions to be answered:\r\n\r\n \t<strong>Wavelength(s) <\/strong>Do I need a broad wavelength range system or a limited spectrum?\r\n \t<strong>Beam Diameter <\/strong>Is my beam small (a few microns) or is it larger, in the mm range?\r\n \t<strong>Power\/Energy <\/strong>Am I dealing with \u00b5W\/\u00b5J, mW\/mJ, or higher? Do I need attenuation\/sampling?\r\n \t<strong>Accuracy <\/strong>What measurement accuracy do I need?\r\n \t<strong>CW or Pulsed or beam <\/strong>Do I have a CW (continuous) output or a pulsed beam? If pulsed what PRR?\r\n\r\nNext, what measurements are needed?\r\n\r\n \tBeam Diameter(s)?\r\n \tBeam XY Position, Wander?\r\n \tBeam XYZ Focus Position?\r\n \tBeam Divergence, Pointing?\r\n \tBeam Shape (Gaussian, TopHat, Line Projection)?\r\n \tBeam Quality (e.g. M2 Propagation Parameter, Uniformity)?\r\n\r\nThe answer to these questions will help narrow the selection of profilers that will best measure your beam.\r\n\r\nCamera-based systems offer the broadest use for beam profiling, but lack the highest resolutions, which may be required for very small beams (below 32 \u00b5m in size). If you have a low pulse-rate beam, have irregularly (non-Gaussian) shaped beams, or if you\u2019re looking for a general purpose profiler, these are a good choice.","link":"https:\/\/stagingphotonics.laser2000.co.uk\/?product_cat=mwir-fir-beam-profiler-2-16-%c2%b5m","name":"MWIR\/FIR Beam Profiler, 2-16 \u00b5m","slug":"mwir-fir-beam-profiler-2-16-%c2%b5m","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":207,"meta":[],"menu_order":0,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.6 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MWIR\/FIR Beam Profiler, 2-16 \u00b5m - Laser 2000<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MWIR\/FIR Beam Profiler, 2-16 \u00b5m\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When selecting a laser beam profiler, there are several basic questions to be answered:  Wavelength(s) Do I need a broad wavelength range system or a limited spectrum?  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