ISO , Optics and optical instruments — Lasers and laser-related equipment — Vocabulary and symbols; ISO , Lasers and laser-related equipment. ISO. First edition. Lasers and laser-related equipment —. Test methods for laser beam widths, divergence angles and beam propagation. ISO/TR. First edition. Lasers and laser-related equipment — .. in ISO and ISO are essentially based on (but not.
Author: | Vit Gabei |
Country: | Vietnam |
Language: | English (Spanish) |
Genre: | Environment |
Published (Last): | 7 August 2009 |
Pages: | 173 |
PDF File Size: | 2.70 Mb |
ePub File Size: | 10.45 Mb |
ISBN: | 425-8-64353-198-7 |
Downloads: | 67387 |
Price: | Free* [*Free Regsitration Required] |
Uploader: | Daikasa |
The main advantage of this scanning method is that it is free from pixel size limitations as in CCD cameras and allows beam reconstructions with wavelengths not usable with existing CCD technology. Retrieved June 3, The beam width can be measured in units of length at a particular plane perpendicular to the beam axis, but it can also refer to the angular width, which is the angle subtended by the beam at the source. The simplest way to define the width of a beam is to choose two diametrically opposite points at which the irradiance is a specified fraction of the beam’s peak irradiance, and take the distance between them as a measure of the beam’s width.
For cases related to radio antennas, see beamwidth. Archived from the original pdf on June 4, Stigmatic and simple astigmatic beams.
Since beams typically do not have sharp edges, the diameter can be defined in many different ways. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Portable Document Format (PDF)
This is the beam diameter definition that is used for computing the maximum permissible exposure to a laser beam. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. For example, applications of high-energy laser weapons and lidars require precise knowledge of how much transmitted power actually illuminates the target. Reconstruction is possible for beams in deep UV to far IR.
This page was last edited on 18 Decemberat The D86 width ixo often used in applications that are concerned with knowing exactly how much power is in a given area.
МКС EN ISO 11146-2:2009
The angle between the maximum peak of radiated power and the first null no power radiated in this direction is called the Rayleigh beamwidth. Retrieved from ” https: The angular width is also called the beam divergence. To overcome this drawback, an innovative technology offered commercially allows multiple directions beam scanning to create an image like beam representation.
Radiant Zemax Knowledge Base. The jso given before holds for stigmatic circular symmetric beams only. This is also called the half-power beam width HPBW. By mechanically moving the knife edge across the beam, the amount 111446-2 energy impinging the detector area is determined by the obstruction.
The width of laser beams can be isp by capturing an image on a cameraor by using a laser beam profiler. Five definitions of the beam width are in common use: Unlike the previous beam width definitions, the D86 width is not derived from marginal distributions.
Beam diameter is usually used to characterize electromagnetic beams in the optical regime, and occasionally in the microwave regime, that is, cases in which the aperture from which the beam emerges is very large with respect to the wavelength. The 1114-2 National Standard Z Before the advent of the CCD beam profiler, the beam width was estimated using the knife-edge technique: Unlike other systems, a unique scanning technique uses several different oriented knife-edges to sweep across the beam.
The fraction of total beam power encompassed by the beam width depends on which definition is used. Full width at half maximum. International standard ISO Intrinsic and geometrical laser beam classification, propagation and details of test methods”.
Most CCD beam profiler’s software can compute the knife-edge width 1146-2. The measured curve is the integral of the marginal distribution, and starts at the total beam power and decreases monotonically to zero power.
A beam may, for example, have an elliptical cross section, in iao case the orientation of the beam diameter must be specified, for example with 111146-2 to the major or minor axis of the elliptical cross section.
Intrinsic and geometrical laser ieo classification, propagation and details of test methods. The baseline is easily measured by recording the average value for each pixel when the sensor is not illuminated. Beam diameter usually refers to a beam of circular cross section, but not necessarily so. For astigmatic beams, however, a more rigorous definition of the beam width has to be used:. The term “beam width” may be preferred in applications where the beam does not have circular symmetry.
The profile is then measured from the knife-edge velocity and its relation to the detector’s energy reading. The main drawback of the knife-edge technique is that the measured value is displayed only on the scanning direction, minimizing the amount of relevant beam information. By using tomographic reconstruction, mathematical processes reconstruct the laser beam size 11164-2 different orientations to an image similar to the one produced by CCD cameras.
Views Read Edit View history.