Ophir Photonics today announced the 100K-W Laser Power Meter, the newest addition to the company's line of very high power laser sensors. The first commercial sensor for measuring very high power 100kW lasers, the 100K-W meter is designed for fiber lasers used in industrial material processing, such as thermal ablation, heavy-section welding, and metal forming, as well as military directed-energy applications. The portable meter features a unique...

Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, is pleased to announce that Ophir-Spiricon is now ACLASS accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005, the international standard that recognizes the technical competence of laboratories to carry out calibrations. ISO/IEC 17025:2005 is used by labs to develop management systems for quality, administration, and technical operations. Ophir-Spiricon's accred...

Ophir Photonics today announced the Pyrocam IV at Photonics West. The Pyrocam IV is the company's latest beam profiling camera. It features a larger, 320 x 320 pixel pyroelectric array that can profile beams up to 25 mm without the need for reduction optics. The new electronics control design includes an interface to GigE (Gigabit Ethernet) cameras for high-speed applications. The Pyrocam IV measures both pulsed and CW (continuous wave) lasers, f...

The Cache Chamber of Commerce recently honored Ophir-Spiricon, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, as Outstanding Technology Business of the Year. The award was presented to Gary Wagner, President of Ophir-Spiricon, at the Chamber's 2012 annual awards banquet at Utah State University.

Spiricon today announced BeamMic, a new laser beam analyzer that combines the essentials for beam Analysis in a low-cost, entry-level system. BeamMic includes easy-to-use software that measures a beam’s size, shape, uniformity, and mode content.

Ophir Photonics today announced at Photonics West, the StarLink Series of laser measurement sensors. StarLink is a collection of Ophir's most popular power/energy sensors bundled with Juno, a USB-based PC interface, and StarLab laser measurement software. Together, the Ophir sensor, Juno USB interface, and StarLab software form a meterless laser measurement system that is flexible, portable, and affordable.

Spiricon today announced BeamGage version 5.7, the company's next generation laser beam analysis software, at Photonics West. The system adds new advanced image processing features, including fast, off-axis correction of distorted beam images. It supports Ophir's popular laser power meters - Pulsar, Nova II, Vega, and Juno, as well as 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. In addition, BeamGage is now a multilingual platform, adding nat...

Ophir Photonics Group has announced a Perpetual Lifetime Warranty covering the company's laser measurement sensors and power/energy meters. The new program, available for North and South America, extends the standard one-year manufacturer's warranty an additional year if the product's calibration is kept current.

Ophir-Spiricon, a member of the Ophir Photonics Group, a global leader in precision laser measurement equipment, has announced the opening of a clean room at its new facility in Logan, Utah. The 840 square foot clean room is used for manufacturing the solid-state, pyroelectric detector arrays used in the company's Pyrocam™ beam profiling cameras.

Ophir Photonics Group, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment, today announced at LASERWorld of Photonics the Pyro-C line of Pyroelectric Laser Energy Sensors. An upgrade to the company’s PE line of pyroelectric pulsed sensors, the Pyro-C detectors provide the industry’s lowest measurable energy, longest measurable pulse width, and highest accuracy. The sensors are compact devices that provide a user adjustable threshold,...

Ophir Photonics Group has announced BeamGage® version 5.5, the company’s next generation laser beam analysis software.

Ophir Photonics, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment, has announced the launch of a new corporate branding strategy and expansion of its US manufacturing and distribution facilities in Logan, Utah.

Ophir Photonics Group announces the NanoModeScan M2 Laser Beam Propagation Analyzer. NanoModeS- can enable 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.

Ophir Photonics, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment, today announced 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.

Ophir Photonics today announced the release of its 2011 Laser Measurement Catalog. The catalog covers a wide range of laser power/energy sensors and meters, and laser beam profiling systems for industrial, defense, medical, and research applications. Designed as a green PDF-formatted reference book, the catalog includes tutorials, product data sheets, and technology user guides. The 2011 Catalog also provides an overview of the company's new Sens...

Ophir Photonics announced the Shock Absorber at Photonics West 2011. 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.

Ophir Photonics announced the Shock Absorber at Photonics West 2011. 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.

Ophir Photonics today announced that BeamGage, the company's next generation laser beam analysis software, now supports GigE cameras for high-speed applications. GigE (Gigabit Ethernet) cameras are low cost, high performance devices. They provide high speed, up to 1 Gigabit/s transmission rates, in a robust, miniature package (34 x 34 x 69mm). Based on the widely used Ethernet interface, the cameras are able to leverage the benefits of industry s...

Ophir Photonics, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment, today announced the 3A-P-THz THz Power/Energy Sensor. The 3A-P-THz is 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.

Ophir Photonics Group, the global leader in precision laser measurement, today announced a new line of high damage threshold power volume absorbers for short pulsed lasers (