Oct 31 2007
Lambda Photometrics are pleased to announce the arrival of the Gentec-EO Beamage family of compact, portable CCD/CMOS laser beam profilers. The Beamage is USB2.0 port powered with a 3 metre cable, 4MB image buffer and on-board microprocessor. The profiler has a thin profile (29mm thickness including ND-filter) so would be ideal to fit into tight beam trains. There are several versions available; the 14-Bit high resolution CCD version with either a ½“ (CCD) or 2/3” (CCD23) chip, and the 10-Bit high speed-CMOS version optimized for pulsed lasers (SPEED).
The Beamage-UCD12 with 6.3 x 4.8 mm image area has 4.65 µm square pixels so suitable for measuring >45 µm beams; the Beamage-UCD23 with larger 8.8 x 6.6 mm image area is more suitable for larger beams whilst the Beamage-SPEED with 6.5 x 4.9 mm image area enables single pulse capture to 20kHz. It is possible to fit a fibre-optic taper to all the above sensors for profiling even larger beams. The Focus I version has a 14.4 x 10.8 mm 1.6:1 taper and the Focus II a 20 x 15 mm 2.27:1 taper fitted to the sensor. The option to profile the largest beams is at the expense of the camera resolution, i.e. the effective pixel size is larger. We can also offer UV (260-380 nm) and IR (1480-1600 nm) camera options. The software features include Beam Wander & logging, Gaussian and Top Hat Fits, Logarithmic profile, Auto-Inclusion Region, Relative Power and Fluence measurements and it is possible to capture pulsed lasers using either the Auto or External trigger modes and 20,000:1 electronic auto-shutter.
It is also possible to add the M² measurement capability to your Gentec-EO Beamage. The fast, compact and portable M2DU accessory converts any Beamage into a compact, fully ISO 11146 compliant measurement system for quick and reliable determination of M².