WinCamD User Manual DataRay Inc. Contents 0 Very Important ............................................................................. 1 1 Introduction ............................................................................... 3 1.1 About WinCamD Series .................................................................. 3 1.2 System Configuration and Description ..................................................... 4 1.3 Calibration ............................................................................ 4 1.4 WinCamD Series Product Specifications .................................................... 5 1.4.1 Camera Drawings ................................................................ 5 1.4.2 Saturation Power/ Energy Graphs ................................................... 5 1.4.3 Chip Surface Height-Standard and Options ........................................... 13 1.4.4 TaperCamD20-15UCD23 .......................................................... 13 1.4.5 Phosphor coated sensors (-TEL) .................................................... 14 1.5 Beam Limits ........................................................................... 14 1.5.1 Beam Measurement Region ....................................................... 14 1.5.2 Beam Power Limits ............................................................... 14 1.5.3 Thermal Lensing ................................................................. 16 1.6 Manual Conventions .................................................................... 17 1.7 Manual and Copyright Notice............................................................. 17 2 WinCamD Series Quick Start Guide ............................................................ 18 2.1 Precautions and Safety Warnings.......................................................... 18 2.2 Installation and Initialization ............................................................. 18 2.3 Configuration .......................................................................... 18 2.4 Capturing Live Stream or Single Image ..................................................... 20 2.5 Saving Data ............................................................................ 20 2.6 Data Points ............................................................................ 21 2.7 Profiling Modes ........................................................................ 21 2.8 2D View Data .......................................................................... 21 2.9 Profile Display ......................................................................... 21 2.10 Further Support ........................................................................ 24 3 Installation ................................................................................ 25 3.1 Unpack the Hardware ................................................................... 25 3.2 Minimum Computer Requirements ........................................................ 25 3.3 Installation ............................................................................ 26 v vi Contents 3.4 Connecting the Camera.................................................................. 26 3.4.1 Mounting the Camera ............................................................ 26 3.4.2 Connecting the Camera Head ...................................................... 27 3.5 Firmware Upgrades ..................................................................... 27 4 Software .................................................................................. 29 4.1 Main Screen Overview .................................................................. 29 4.1.1 General Tips .................................................................... 30 4.2 Top .................................................................................. 30 4.2.1 Software Status Header ........................................................... 30 4.2.2 Dropdown Menus ................................................................ 31 4.2.3 Toolbar/Button Bar ............................................................... 36 4.3 Left Panel ............................................................................. 44 4.3.1 Clip Level Buttons: Clip[a] / Clip[b] .................................................. 44 4.3.2 Camera Status and Firmware Version ................................................ 47 4.3.3 Result buttons ................................................................... 47 4.4 2D Image ............................................................................. 49 4.4.1 2D Image Display ................................................................ 49 4.4.2 2D Image Settings ................................................................ 49 4.4.3 Setup Inclusion .................................................................. 51 4.4.4 Grid and Target Setup ............................................................. 52 4.5 3D Image ............................................................................. 53 4.6 Slide Controls .......................................................................... 54 4.6.1 Power Bar ...................................................................... 54 4.6.2 Trigger ......................................................................... 54 4.6.3 Image Gain ..................................................................... 55 4.6.4 Exposure control ................................................................. 55 4.7 Profiles ............................................................................... 55 4.7.1 Profile Settings Dialog Box ......................................................... 55 4.7.2 Fitting Algorithms ................................................................ 56 4.7.3 Show Gaussian fit ................................................................ 58 4.7.4 Show Top-Hat fit ................................................................. 59 4.7.5 Show Max & Standard Deviation .................................................... 59 4.7.6 Show Coefficient & Roughness ..................................................... 60 4.8 Shortcuts ............................................................................. 61 4.9 Additional Notes ....................................................................... 61 5 Laser Attenuation ........................................................................... 63 5.1 Introduction ........................................................................... 63 5.2 Important Terms ....................................................................... 63 5.3 Attenuation of Your Beam................................................................ 64 5.4 Additional Beam Sampling/Attenuation .................................................... 65 5.5 Working With Beams Larger Than The Camera .............................................. 67 5.5.1 Imaging of the laser beam scattered off a diffusing surface .............................. 68 5.5.2 Use of a long focal length mirror .................................................... 69 5.5.3 Use of a long focal length lens ...................................................... 69 5.6 UV Lasers ............................................................................. 69 Contents vii 6 Capturing Pulsed Lasers ...................................................................... 71 6.1 Terms and Features ..................................................................... 71 6.1.1 Notes .......................................................................... 72 6.2 Pulsed Beam Capture Initial Setup ......................................................... 72 6.3 Trigger Modes ......................................................................... 73 6.3.1 Auto Trigger Mode ............................................................... 74 6.3.2 Auto-Trigger Mode Operation ...................................................... 74 6.3.3 External Trigger Mode ............................................................ 76 A Beam Diameter Parameters and Measurement .................................................. 78 A.1 Gaussian Beams ........................................................................ 78 A.1.1 Beam Irradiance ................................................................. 79 A.2 Beam Width Measurement Techniques .................................................... 80 A.2.1 Clip Level Width ................................................................. 81 A.2.2 Second Moment Beam Diameter ................................................... 81 A.3 Gaussian Beam Divergence Measurement .................................................. 83 A.4 Acknowledgements ..................................................................... 83 B Accuracy, Precision and Resolution ............................................................ 84 B.1 Definitions - Accuracy vs. Precision vs. Resolution ............................................ 84 B.2 Pixel Size/Pitch Quantization ............................................................. 84 B.3 Beam Diameter Based on Clip Level ....................................................... 85 B.3.1 Smallest Beam Size ............................................................... 85 B.4 Second Moment Diameter ............................................................... 87 B.5 Centroid .............................................................................. 89 C M2 and Divergence Measurements with M2DU ................................................