Mesa Photonics

Specifications

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April 28, 2008
Mesa Photonics wins a proposal with the Center for Integrated Nanotechnology for the development of advanced mid-IR continuum sources

September 1, 2007
We are pleased to announce our new ultrafast laser pulse measurement system: FROG Scan

News

Mesa Photonics is pleased to announce the issuing of US Patent 7,130,052.

January 1, 2007
Version 7 of VideoFROG has just been released. With a new look and user interface, pulse measurement has never been easier.

VideoFROG Specifications

General

 

 

 

Data Acquisition Devices

Firewire (IEEE-1394) 8-bit

 

Pixelink PL-A741

 

u-Eye USB Cameras

 

 

Computer System Requirements

Windows 2000/XP/Vista

 

Recommended CPU: Pentium 4 (PIII 450 MHz minimum)

 

Memory 512MB (2GB recommended for Vista)

 

Hard Drive Space: 120 MB

 

Screen Resolution 1024 x 768

 

 

Program Specifications

Algorithm Speed (2.4 GHz P4 no HT, 64 x 64 grid): ~400 cps

 

Graphic Interface Update up to 30 Hz, user selectable

 

Real-time up to 256 x 256 grid on P4 HT computers.

 

New with version 7.0--simultaneous viewing of temporal and spatial cameras!

 

 

Pulse Measurement (Temporal)

Display

Live View w/selectable FROG Area

Display

Live View w/ selectable Units

 

Time profile and phase w/zoom

 

X and Y Plots

 

Spectral profile and phase w/zoom

 

Cursor Coordinates

 

Measured and retrieved FROG traces

 

Centering Target

 

Centering Target

 

3D View of Beam Profile

 

Cursor Coordinates

 

Spatial Profile Warnings

 

Pulse Retrieval Warnings

 

 

 

3D Plot of spatio-temporal pulse

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pulse Statistics

Pulse Width

Beam Statistics

Beam Center

 

Bandwidth (THz and nm)

 

Beam Peak

 

Autocorrelation Width

 

Min and Max

 

Time Bandwidth product

 

Height

 

FROG trace error

 

Beam Energy

 

Spatial Chirp

 

Knife Edge Width

 

Wavelength offset

 

Second Moment Width

 

Pulse front tilt

 

Sum FWHM

 

 

 

 

Functions

FROG trace averaging

Functions

Averaging

 

Filtering (median and background)

 

Background Subtraction

 

Background Subtraction

 

Cursor coordinates and readout

 

Pulse Front Tilt correction

 

Beam Center Profile

 

Wavelength Offset correction

 

Image Center Profile

 

Spatial Chirp Correction

 

Cursor Profile

 

Phase Unwrap

 

Tilt Profile

 

Phase Blanking

 

X and Y Sums

 

Plot values from Cursor position

 

Adjustable Units

 

Plot interpolate

 

Beam Centering Target

 

Selectable grid size

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Output

Save Frame

Data Output

Save Screen

 

Save Screen

 

Print Screen

 

Print Screen

 

Save Image and Beam Statistics

 

Save measured FROG trace and pulse

 

 

Data Acquisition Functions

Automatic Background Adjustment

 

Adjustable Video Gain

 

Adjustable Video Offset

 

Selectable data acquisition devices

 

Selectable Channels

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