Webinars

If you’re using a laser in your process or research, you already know how important it is to monitor what your laser is doing – so you regularly measure it. You even check the power meter’s datasheet to see how accurate those measurements are…and at that point many people get stuck.

Optical design breakthroughs that meet the strict requirements of reduced SWaP in thermal imaging optics, while delivering high-resolution vision and long-range detection capabilities in even the harshest environmental conditions and constrained platforms like airborne and handheld systems.

Large reflective optics are essential for high-performance multispectral electro-optics imaging systems in defense, surveillance, and aerospace. These systems capture multiple wavelengths to improve target identification and combine data from various bands to offer a comprehensive environmental view, enhancing situational awareness.   They excel in adverse conditions by penetrating haze, smoke, and challenging weather better than visible light, and they provide high-resolution imaging for detailed analysis and accurate decision-making. Using advanced data fusion, these systems enhance target recognition and tracking, adapt to various mission requirements from surveillance to disaster response, and reduce operational costs by minimizing the number of necessary maneuvers.   Join us for an insightful webinar on the latest advancements in reflective optics for multispectral systems. This session will cover: - Background: the fundamentals of multispectral systems, combining various imaging bands to enhance performance without increasing size and weight. - Applications: focused on aerial EO multispectral imaging systems. - Design for Manufacturing: manufacturing process, including raw material considerations, geometrical design, and the importance of a controlled environment. - Capabilities and Performance: the capabilities of large aluminum mirrors and their role in multispectral telescopes, with a focus on case studies and performance metrics.   If you are an R&D scientist, engineer, manufacturer who work at defense and aerospace OEMs that specialize in advanced electro optical systems, unmanned aircraft systems, and others. Purchaser or program manager that are interested in imaging and optical components, and reflective optics.   Held in cooperation with Photonics Spectra.

Peter Kunert of MKS Ophir IR Optics explores the advantages of SWIR lenses and how they play a pivotal role in air, land, and maritime imaging, offering unparalleled visibility even in challenging conditions, such as haze, smoke, and fog. Incorporating SWIR and NIR into electro-optical (EO) systems significantly enhances image clarity and performance. SWIR lenses excel in long-range daytime observation, effective glass transmission, and precise laser spot detection for designators, making them an ideal solution for defense and homeland security applications. This presentation shares how SWIR technology can transform an EO system and improve operational efficiency. Watch if you are a researcher, developer, or engineer who work with SWIR and NIR lenses. Or interested in purchasing optical equipment and tools and IR camera integrators. Also, if you work includes imaging in challenging environments or electro-optical systems. Or you use cameras, detectors, and imaging equipment in defense and aerospace applications. Held in cooperation with Photonics Spectra.

Webinar: Durable IR Coatings for Maritime EO Systems

In his presentation, Suzuki Kenji, Sales Manager, Ophir Japan, introduces key trends and applications related to thermal imaging, along with Ophir’s technologies and products for long distance monitoring and security applications. Lecture is given in Japanese.

In this webinar, Dr. Kobi Lasri, General Manager, Ophir Optics, will address advances in optical solutions for the most challenging air, land, and sea security and defense deployments. Specifically, we will discuss the use of long range and lightweight thermal imaging zoom lenses that enable high-resolution vision capabilities and identification, in complete darkness over long distances, as well as high-precision IR components for next generation defense and security applications. Hosted by Laser Focus World, March 2021

Precision optics are used in a wide variety of commercial and defense applications, and their performance is often improved or enhanced by unique optical design. But how do you know what types of optics will work best for your application?

When it comes to long-range, multispectral optical systems, large mirrors play an integral role. They take many shapes — spherical, aspheric, parabolic, or freeform — and are used for a wide spectrum of light, including visible, UV, and IR. Over the last 10 years, optical systems with reflective elements have been used by system integrators in the defense and aerospace industries, in surveillance and monitoring, and in certain commercial applications.

The observation-systems industry has significantly evolved and grown in recent years. Alongside this growth, we have seen the development of security and surveillance imaging applications with increasingly advanced infrared imaging systems, containing detectors that are larger in size and smaller in pixel size, which present challenges for thermal imaging optical systems. These include low SWaP, lightweight requirements, while maximizing imaging performance in line with detector capabilities, allowing for high resolution vision.

While drones are relatively new additions to the military’s stable of high-tech robotic systems, ground-based robots have been in use for more than a decade. From detecting, defusing, and disposing of explosives to working side-by-side with soldiers in the field, robots have found a myriad of applications within the military.

Presenting the new technologies, optical elements and their functionalities to help you reach a more efficient cutting

How can you assure your AM laser is performing as needed to produce high quality, consistent builds? You can assume all is well or you can ensure you have the data that shows what's working and what's not. Some modern in-situ tools provide a partial picture of the performance of the lasers that are empowering your 3D laser printers, but they often don’t tell the complete story because they capture only a portion of the laser system. These tools allow 3D printer users to check the laser power, spot size, waist location, and stability—all of which are needed to guarantee correct and repeatable outcomes. These tools enable quick and simple ways to monitor critical laser output parameters. In this webinar, we'll discuss the what, why, and how around the latest innovations in uncooled power meters designed for the AM workspace, and self-contained laser beam profilers that provide views of the working beam and monitor the location of the beam waist and any focal shift that may be occurring.

Tens of thousands of YAG, diode, and fiber lasers are deployed in demanding manufacturing applications, from cutting steel, to drilling via holes in silicon, to marking plastic. A whole range of material processes now make use of lasers to produce results not previously practical. In this Laser Focus World webinar, presented by John McCauley, Business Development Manager, Ophir, and Scott White, Director of OEM Product Marketing, and Jim Bovatsek, Applications Lab Manager, Spectra-Physics we will discuss the special demands of material processing applications for lasers, optics, and measurement

Like any other machine tool, the technologies surrounding the laser system have advanced significantly over the past several decades. However, there are still many myths surrounding the employment, operation, and maintenance of an industrial laser. These can cause a laser operator to be lulled into a false sense of security and form bad habits when it comes to maintaining a consistent laser process. These myths can be traced back to several different sources including, understanding how laser light behaves in material processing applications, how modern-day laser products are different from legacy laser products, and when and where measuring your laser’s performance is important. In this webinar, we will separate fact from fiction to help ensure high-quality laser processes. This webinar will cover: • How the quality of weld-spots or weld-seams significantly affects the overall quality of the vehicle. • How automated production lines can ensure proper laser operation. • How changes in laser measurement techniques are making the laser operator a more savvy user.

Join us to learn the basic principles, and best practices of high-power laser measurement . Monitoring laser behavior in high-power applications is critical to keeping your process running properly. However, that monitoring – the laser measurement itself – is not trivial. There are many "little things" one could do that might unknowingly mess with the measurement, or even damage the instrument. For example: • At what point should the cooling water be turned on? • How should the water channels be purged of water residue after use? Getting issues like these wrong could actually damage your expensive laser power sensor. In this webinar, you'll learn what some of these potential challenges are and how to deal with them correctly.

Laser beams with powers of many tens of kilowatts are becoming increasingly common in today's industrial applications. However, as the powers increase, the stakes increase as well. In this webinar, Mark Slutzki of Ophir discuss how to monitor appropriate laser parameters to keep high-power processes stable and predictable

Learn what our all-in-one high laser power sensor can do for you, and get an overview of how to interface with it and use it If you need to measure industrial high-power laser beams, in tight or inaccessible spaces (Additive Manufacturing chambers might be a good example) - you will want to learn more about Ophir's Ariel! • Compact, robust stand-alone device – fits in smallest spaces even in harsh industrial environments • Fast measurement time of only 3 s – saves valuable time in sensitive processes • No need for power cable or cooling – measurements can be taken even in enclosed chambers • Measures power from short exposure (“Power from Pulse” mode) to up to 8 kW – easy measurement in high power laser processes • Continuous power measurement up to 500 W for 20s – offers maximum flexibility in usage • Withstands high power densities – measures even small beams with high power • Offers different wavelength ranges – suits many applications

If you use lasers in material "micro processing" applications – such as drilling via holes in PCBs, OLED display "lift-off", cutting of smartphone cover glass – you already know how difficult the challenges are. The often delicate combination of laser parameters – ultra short pulse duration, high repetition rate, perhaps short wavelength among others – can enable new and innovative processes, but they can also cause unexpected damage to the measurement tools you are trying to use to keep the process stable

If you need to measure laser pulse energies, you have probably run into a variety of issues and concepts that seem to just cause confusion… In this webinar, you will learn: • How energy measurement works (short basic version…) • How to make sure you are getting accurate readings • How to avoid out-of-tolerance issues with your measuring tools