To monitor, analyse and archive laser beam images, BeamView Analyser software is recognised as the leading laser beam profiling software. It has been designed to provide the maximum flexibility, speed, and user friendliness. Coherent Inc offers two BeamView Analyser software packages for maximum flexibility:
- BeamView Digital 3.2 is provided along with LaserCamIIID digital cameras
- BeamView-USB4.4 is included with all LaserCam-HR USB2.0 cameras and provides additional new features
The latest release of the beamView-USB4.4 software includes several new features that extend the analytic capabilities of the LaserCam-HR laser beam diagnostics systems. These new features, not available with Analog or Digital BeamView analyser software include:
- Supports both 10-bit and 14-bit LaserCam-HR camera types
- Multiple LaserCam-HR camera types can be connected to a single system
- Flat-top beam analysis
- Adjustable trigger delay
- Report generation
- Variable exposure time
- LabVIEW drivers
- RS232 and TCP/IP remote communication protocols
Six additional calculations are now available with BeamView-USB software for flat-top beam analysis. These calculations are based on the ISO 13694:2000 standards. The six calculations allow greater flexibility for the analysis of applications involving flat-top beam shapes. They also may assist in the analysis of beam uniformity of excimer and Nd:YAG lasers in the near field. The six new calculations are:
- Plateau uniformity
- Flatnss factor
- Edge steepness
- Beam uniformity
- Effective irradiation area
- Effective average power/energy density