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January 23rd 2012

New Laser Diode Modules For Machine Vision

BFi OPTiLAS Extends Its Machine Vision Solutions with ProPhotonix InViso™ Micro

BFi OPTiLAS, European partner of ProPhotonix Ltd, is pleased to announce the launch of InViso™ Micro, an extension to its highly successful InViso laser diode module product line.

InViso combines a flat form factor with a "no tools required" external focus to produce an extremely uniform laser line. Its unique form factor provides instant alignment and expedites integration while ensuring a high-degree of repeatability.

InViso Micro incorporates all the existing InViso features while delivering fine line widths down to 16 µm at 120 mm working distance. Both InViso models are available in a range of wavelengths and power levels up to 100mW.
InViso laser diode module for Machine Vision

InViso laser diode module for Machine Vision

January 23rd 2012

Ultra-Low Absorption Coatings by Precision Photonics

BFi OPTiLAS, pan-European partner of Precision Photonics Corporation (PPC), is pleased to announce the availability of its ultra-low absorption line of thin film coatings.
Enabled by advanced in-house metrology and expertise in ion beam sputtered (IBS) deposition, we are able to routinely deliver anti-reflection (AR) coatings with losses less than 0.5ppm, and high-reflection (HR) coatings with losses less than 2ppm.

This unique capability is based on photothermal common path interferometry, and when combined with proprietary calibration methods, results in measurement sensitivity of less than 0.1ppm for optical materials like fused silica.
Measurement services to customers wishing to measure absorption in their own coatings or substrates is also available including two dimensional mapping of surfaces.
The combination of extreme durability, high reliability, precision spectral control, and high laser damage threshold makes ion beam sputtering the coating method of choice for high power laser applications and low loss optics. Those unique performance should be of major interest to customers using these optics in ‘world leading’ 10kW class laser systems. IBS coatings

January 23rd 2012

New PR-740 Spectroradiometer by Photo Research

BFi OPTiLAS, pan-European partner of Photo Research Inc is proud to announce the introduction of the latest in the SpectraScan spectroradiometers series, the PR-740.

The PR-740, the next evolution of the PR-730 shares many of the PR-730’s attributes such as a cooled 512 element detector, multiple apertures and variable bandwidth. There are, however, two major differences between the PR-730 and PR-740 – sensitivity and speed.

The PR-740 boasts a sensitivity improvement of 20:1 over the PR-730, and a speed improvement of approximately 250:1! A 1 fL (3.4 cd/m2) measurement takes about 3 seconds! The sensitivity of the PR-740 (5E-6 with the 2° aperture) makes it possible to perform virtually all display testing, including contrast, gray scale linearity and gamma, spectrally!

Please contact your local Acal BFi team for additional information or the latest brochure.

January 23rd 2012

KLASTECH CW DPSS Lasers Distribution Agreement

BFi OPTiLAS’ team is very proud to announce its collaboration with KLASTECH. BFi OPTiLAS, part of Acal BFi, is the largest Photonics distributor in Europe, active in the market since 1973.

KLASTECH is a well known German manufacturer of Single Frequency (SLM) DPSS and DDD lasers. Products are available from Blue to NIR currently: 442 nm, 488 nm, 532 nm and 1064 nm with a revolutionary 266nm laser planned for release later in the year.

Compact size, high stability and competitive prices make them ideal replacement for He-Cd lasers, air cooled Argon laser or other DPSS lasers. KLASTECH’s unique iMAT® laser technology inherently delivers ultra quiet, single frequency laser light with diffraction limited beam, making these lasers an ideal tool for analytical instrument designers and researchers.

The combination of BFi OPTiLAS and KLASTECH capabilities will offer European customers a whole new range of products, offering state of the art performance and a very competitive price, with the local support of a well known sales and service organization. The distribution agreement includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and German speaking Switzerland.

July 4th 2011

OPHIR: BeamTrack Laser Power/Position/Size Sensors

BeamTrack is a unique series of thermal detectors that combine multiple functions in one device: power, energy, beam position, and beam size. The sensors also provide information on centering and beam wander, all in a compact unit that is the same size as single function detectors of the same power level.

BeamTrack sensors are the only laser detectors able to measure power, position, size (PPS), energy, centering, and wander in a single device. Sensors are available with a range of aperture sizes, from small 12mm to large 50mm. The detectors use broadband or P-type absorbers and measure a broad spectral range –150nm to 20µm.

BeamTrack sensors operate with Ophir's Nova II and Vega smart displays, and Juno PC interface. Each display features a "Smart Connector" interface that automatically configures and calibrates the display when plugged into one of the company’s measurement heads.

April 14th 2011

Photon inc: Laser M2 Measurement Tool

BFi OPTiLAS, Pan-European partner of Ophir / Photon laser measurement group, is glad to announce the NanoModeScan M2 Laser Beam Propagation Analyzer.
NanoModeScan enables the quantitative measurement and viewing of high power CO2 laser beams. The system is easy to setup and align; the straight line of sight design means little or no attenuation is required.

NanoModeScan is also fast; an M2 measurement can be made in as little as 20 seconds. In addition, the system reports beam waist diameter and location, divergence, and the beam's Rayleigh range for each axis.

The NanoModeScan's ease of use and fast update rate (up to 20Hz) make it ideal for CO2 laser-based material processing, machining, and marking applications where laser performance needs to be adjusted in real-time.

The NanoModeScan's software controlled variable scan speed allows the measurement of both CW and kHz pulsed lasers, covering the entire wavelength range from UV to FIR.

NanoModeScan is ideal for CO2 laser-based material processing, machining, and marking applications

April 14th 2011

Precision Photonics Innovative Low GVD Polarizing Solutions

Those polarizing beam splitter have been specifically designed for broadband femtosecond applications requiring high extinction and low dispersion. By utilizing a low dispersion coating design within an epoxy-free, fused silica prism assembly, this unique laser component is ideal for all Ti:Sapphire lasers used within the 700-1100 nm wavelength region. Like our other standard prism polarizers, surface quality will be 20-10 or better with transmitted wavefront < λ/10 and a clear aperture > 10 mm. Low loss IBS BBAR coatings will be provided on the input and output faces.
BFi OPTiLAS also offers dielectric coatings offering unique benefit over commonly used Metal mirrors for general-purpose broadband high reflectors which drawbacks include susceptibility to laser damage, mechanical abrasions and surface degradation. BFi OPTiLAS’s broadband dielectric coating covers a wide range or wavelengths (350-1100 nm) with >99% reflectivity, independent of both angle and polarization. The high-energy ion-beam-sputtering (IBS) process results in durable, dense dielectric films that have superior reflective and mechanical properties in addition to being easy to clean, scratch resistant and insensitive to environmental changes. With high damage thresholds (>5J/cm²) and low absorption, they are ideal for frequency doubled and tripled Nd:YAG lasers, fiber lasers and broadband or tunable laser applications.

Those polarizing beam splitter have been specifically designed for broadband femtosecond applications requiring high extinction and low dispersion. By utilizing a low dispersion coating design within an epoxy-free, fused silica prism assembly, this unique laser component is ideal for all Ti:Sapphire lasers used within the 700-1100 nm wavelength region.

Like our other standard prism polarizers, surface quality will be 20-10 or better with transmitted wavefront < λ/10 and a clear aperture > 10 mm. Low loss IBS BBAR coatings will be provided on the input and output faces.

BFi OPTiLAS also offers dielectric coatings offering unique benefit over commonly used Metal mirrors for general-purpose broadband high reflectors which drawbacks include susceptibility to laser damage, mechanical abrasions and surface degradation. BFi OPTiLAS’s broadband dielectric coating covers a wide range or wavelengths (350-1100 nm) with >99% reflectivity, independent of both angle and polarization. The high-energy ion-beam-sputtering (IBS) process results in durable, dense dielectric films that have superior reflective and mechanical properties in addition to being easy to clean, scratch resistant and insensitive to environmental changes. With high damage thresholds (>5J/cm²) and low absorption, they are ideal for frequency doubled and tripled Nd:YAG lasers, fiber lasers and broadband or tunable laser applications.

February 17th 2011

BFI OPTILAS presenta nuevo software para las pruebas de protectores solares en crema'

El equipo de BFi OPTiLAS’, representante de la firma Labsphere en Europa, tiene el placer de presentarle el nuevo software para su analizador de transmitancia de protectores solares UV-2000S, que permite la caracterización de filtros solares según las últimas normas de ensayo in-vitro.

El analizador de transmitancia UV-2000S I+D de sobremesa está diseñado para medir de forma rápida la transmitancia espectral de productos de protección solar, especialmente aquellos con alto factor de protección solar (SPF 50 +), así como factor de protección para los rayos UVA / UVB. Su software convierte automáticamente los datos de medición para proporcionar el factor de protección solar (SPF), el ratio de UVA a UVB, longitud de onda crítica (COLIPA 2009), Boot start rating, UVA I / UV ratio (norma FDA propuesta) y UVA-PF (Método COLIPA ).

La plataforma permite a los usuarios visualizar, archivar, recuperar y exportar datos para las mediciones en sustratos con y sin producto y sustratos de productos y permite el desarrollo de los métodos regionales. Este software se suministra sin cargo con nuevos equipos y los usuarios pueden conseguir la actualización del software a través de Bfi Optilas.

February 15th 2011

Manlight: 1550nm Miniaturized Pulsed Fiber Laser

BFi OPTiLAS, pan-European partner of Manlight, is introducing a new version of the well known MENTAD 1550 nm pulsed fiber laser.
Some new technical development have led to high performance in terms of power (1.2 W) and energy (up to 40 µJ) as well as extended temperature range (- 35°c to + 65°c) and LVDS triggering capabilities. Extremely compact (90 x 70 x 15 mm), the device provides pulse duration from 500 ps to 1.25 µs – adjustable pulse width is also available – with a near diffraction limited beam (M² < 1.1). The MENTAD product is low cost, low consumption, easy to operate, maintenance-free and is ideal for a number of application including Lidar, telemetry and range finding.

BFi OPTiLAS, pan-European partner of Manlight, is introducing a new version of the well known MENTAD 1550 nm pulsed fiber laser.

Some new technical development have led to high performance in terms of power (1.2 W) and energy (up to 40 µJ) as well as extended temperature range (- 35°c to + 65°c) and LVDS triggering capabilities. Extremely compact (90 x 70 x 15 mm), the device provides pulse duration from 500 ps to 1.25 µs – adjustable pulse width is also available – with a near diffraction limited beam (M² < 1.1).

The MENTAD product is low cost, low consumption, easy to operate, maintenance-free and is ideal for a number of application including Lidar, telemetry and range finding.

February 7th 2011

OPHIR:Shock Absorber for Laser Power/Energy Sensors

The Shock Absorber is the industry's first mounting post designed to allow the operation of sensitive pyroelectric laser power/energy sensors in an environment with vibration.

This special mount smoothes out vibration and eliminates false triggering, reducing the sensor's susceptibility to vibration from 2 to 10 times. Pyroelectric energy sensors are sensitive to acoustic signals as well as thermal.

The Shock Absorber is the first device in the industry to eliminate false signals and leave intact the sensitivity to good signals. This provides more accurate measurement of low energy pulsed lasers, which are often operating in noisy environments.

The Shock Absorber mounting post works with all Ophir energy sensors, including the PE Series of pyroelectric detectors that provide the highest damage threshold, highest pulse energies, and widest spectral range in the industry.

OPHIR industry's first shock absorber for low energy pulsed laser measurement

January 24th 2011

Precision Photonics: New Line of Polarizing Beam Splitters

BFi OPTiLAS, pan-European partner of Precision Photonics Corporation (PPC), is proud to announce a new line of super broadband, high energy polarizers for visible to near-infrared applications.

Like our selection of laser-line polarizing beamsplitter cubes and beam combiners, these components utilize PPC’s advanced ion-beam-sputtering (IBS) coatings and Telcordia-qualified CADB® epoxy-free bonding technique to provide unique, low-loss optical components that are thermally stable and suitable for high power Nd:YAG and fiber laser applications where fluences are greater than 500 mJ/cm2 and calcite or cemented cube polarizers cannot be used.

This

super broadband polarizer maintains a > 500:1 extinction ratio throughout the entire Visible to Near-Infrared (400-1100nm) without sacrificing overall transmission (Tp > 92%) or damage threshold (> 10J/cm2!). These fused silica beam splitters are available with a standard ½” x ½” input face, and custom prism polarizer assemblies will be available in sizes from 1mm to > 25mm.

January 21st 2011

OPHIR: THz Light Calibrated Sensors

BFi OPTiLAS, Pan-European partner of Ophir laser measurement group, is glad to introduce the 3A-P-THz Power/Energy Sensor. The 3A-P-THz is designed to measure THz light sources from very low power to very high power, up to 3W, 30x the power levels of competing products.

In addition, it is the only power/energy sensor on the market that is traceable to standard laboratory calibration (it been calibrated to read THz radiation at the PTB national metrology institute in Germany).

It measures short pulse or CW lasers in the 0.1 to 10THz wavelength range. The sensor's p-type absorber provides a larger aperture and flatter spectral response than most similar devices, maximizing performance across the entire spectral range.
Optical power can be measured from 60µW to 3W, and energy from 20µJ to 2J.

The 3A-P-THz is less expensive than traditional systems and is compatible with all Ophir meters and PC interfaces, including the Orion PE, Nova, Nova II, Vega, LaserStar, USBI, Pulsar, and Quasar. Each display features a "Smart Connector" interface that automatically configures and calibrates the display when plugged into one of the company's measurement heads.

January 20th 2011

OPHIR: Volume Absorbers with 20X the Power Handling Capacity

BFi OPTiLAS, Pan-European partner of Ophir laser measurement group, is glad to introduce a new line of high damage threshold power volume absorbers for short pulse lasers (<1us).

The PF Sensors absorb a laser's energy in the volume of the material being used. The sensors make use of a spray deposited on the surface and provide significantly higher power handling capacity and faster response times than the typical glass or ceramic substrate. They can handle up to 20x the power density, up to 3KW/cm2, and the response rate time is as fast as 1s.

The PF Absorber Sensors is available today in four models for 15 to 150 Watts lasers. It allows power densities up to 3KW/cm2 instead of the usual 50W/cm2. The sprayed on coating is more durable and can be produced in any size needed. Because the absorber is a layer and not a solid surface, response times are faster.

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