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Laser Detection Products offer UV, visible, and IR laser users' greater performance and safety. They reduce problems associated with beam visualization, profiling, and alignment in many applications. Each range is available in three formats. Laser Detection Products’ laminated credit card style is for low-power sources and reflective viewing only. The 25mm disk and clip-on wand style is used when frequent component positioning is required. The removable disk is positional at an optics location to enable precise alignment, while the wand format permits handling into the beam path. The optical bench-mountable head format has a large active area and ¼-20 threaded mounting for standard English post/post holder integration.
Laser Detection Products | ||||
UV | VIS | IR | NIR | |
Stimulation Range | 250 - 550nm | Band 1: 400 - 640nm | Band 1: 790 - 840nm | 700 - 1400nm |
Band 2: 800 - 1700nm | Band 2: 870 - 1070nm | |||
Band 3: 1550nm | ||||
Typical Applications | HeCd, Ar-Ion, tripled Nd:YAG, etc. | Ar-Ion, HeNe, HeCd, Nd:YAG, etc. |
808nm, 820nm, 830nm, 880nm, |
Nd:YAG, Fiber Laser |
Emission Color | Yellow (580nm), Broadband (490nm - 700nm) | Orange/Red (655nm), Broadband (600 - 730nm) | Green (550nm), other peaks at Red (673nm) and Blue (400nm) | Orange/Red (655nm) |
Persistence (Stimulation Removed) |
6 s - 4 mins (dependent on ambient light) |
Visible: 0.5 - 3 s (dependent on ambient light) IR: <0.5 s |
800μs | <50 ms |
Continuous (Minimum Stimlation)* | <1nW/cm2 @ 450nm & 365nm | <1nW/cm2 @ 450nm <25μW/cm>2 @ 950nm |
<2μW/cm>2 @ 808nm <175 nW/cm2 @ 960nm <100μW/cm>2 @ 1550nm |
8μW/cm2 @ 1064nm |
Pulsed (Minimum Stimulation)* | <8W/cm2 @ 337nm, 4ns, 20Hz, <40W/cm2 @ 337nm, 4ns, 1Hz | 2 kW/cm2 @ 1064nm, 7ns, 10Hz | 250 kW/cm2 @ 1064nm, 7ns, 10Hz | N/A |
Continuous (Maximum Stimulation) | 100W/cm2 @ 512nm (all formats) | 100W/cm2 @ 512nm (all formats) | 100W/cm2 (all formats) | 100W/cm2 @ 1064nm (estimated) |
Single Pulse (Maximum Stimulation) |
130MW/cm2 @ 337nm, 4ns (card only) |
130MW/cm2 @ 337nm, 4ns (card only) |
35MW/cm2 @ 1064nm, 7ns (all formats) | 35MW/cm2 @1064nm, 7ns (estimated) |
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*Measured in darkened conditions
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