User guide

LBA-USB User Guide Document No: 11294 Page 9
General Information
Introduction
This manual covers the operation of LBA-USB and LBA-USB-SP products. In
some places the two products are shown as LBA-USB/USB-SP to indicate that the
material applies equally to both products. In some cases only the abbreviated
LBA-USB will be used, but the USB-SP version is implied. Where only one or the
other is covered the text will indicate which version is applicable. The primary
difference is that LBA-USB operates with the Lxxxxx camera types while LBA-
USB-SP operates with the SPxxx camera types.
The Spiricon Laser Beam Analyzer Model LBA-USB/USB-SP, is a low cost, PC-
based product for use in modern Pentium-generation personal computers with a
USB2 interface. It provides all the essential features needed for laser beam
analysis. Some of these features include:
 High-speed high-resolution false color beam intensity profile displays in both 2D
and 3D
 Operates in Windows XP Professional, or higher operating systems
 Numerical beam profile analysis employing advanced patented calibration
algorithms
 User selectable choices for making beam width measurement, including Second
Moment methods
 Pass/fail testing available on most measured parameters
 Both Whole beam and Linear Gaussian fits to beam data
 Top Hat measurements based on the beam profile or a user defined area or line
 Signal-to-noise ratio improvement through averaging and background
subtraction
 Frame summing for cumulative effect analysis
 Statistical Analysis of all measured parameters
 Beam Stability analysis
 Histogram display and results
 Post processing capabilities
 Both Drawn and Auto Aperture for isolating beam data
 Both Results and Data logging capabilities
 Flexible printing options for hard copy generation
 Two Divergence measurement techniques