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Lasers for Machine Vision: Selection Criteria

Interested in adding machine vision into your system? Wanting to make improvements to your current machine vision setup? After reading this article, you will have a better understanding of the characteristics that need to be considered when defining a laser module for machine vision. These characteristics include laser output power and stability requirements, wavelength options and cost/specification considerations, beam shaping options to get the preferred line or illumination pattern, external environmental requirements to consider, and OEM versus turn-key … Read More

Single Frequency Fiber Lasers for Doppler LiDAR

After reading this white paper, you will come to understand the fundamentally entangled relationship between the range and velocity resolution of a lidar system and why it is so important to use single frequency laser sources for velocity measurement. This article will further go on to provide a brief overview of fiber laser technology and explain why they have become the light source of choice for most commercial lidar applications. Lastly, in the article, the LRL2 single frequency fiber laser from BKtel is presented as an example of the types of specifications required to lay the foundation for a successful Doppler lid… Read More