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True 2D Beam Profiling: Advantages of Camera Profiling Systems
Beam Profiling Concepts |November 14, 2025
DataRay offers state-of-the-art profiling systems that fall within two major categories: scanning slit and camera profilers. These profilers utilize fundamentally different measurement techniques to deliver distinct advantages, discussed in our previous blog post, Scanning Slits vs. Cameras. In this article, we dive deeper into the differences between the two and highlight situations in which a camera profiler is a more suitable choice...
DataRay CMOS Cameras and UV Light
UV |October 10, 2016
Although in the past DataRay CMOS beam profiling cameras were listed with a wavelength range of 355-1350 nm due to assumed sensor deterioration by short wavelength light, recent testing has demonstrated the CMOS sensor can image ultraviolet (UV) light down to 266 nm without sensor degradation; in this blog post we describe the test results.
Scanning Slits vs. Cameras
Beam Profiling Concepts |August 4, 2016
Our customers often ask us what type of beam profiler they should use to measure their laser beam(s). In this blog post, we explain the relative advantages and disadvantages of a scanning slit profiler and a camera-based profiler.
Why We Tilt Our Filters
Beam Profiling Cameras |July 21, 2016
In this blog post, we explain why tilting our filters is necessary for an accurate beam measurement.
M² Measurement
M Squared |April 12, 2016
As leaders in the laser beam profiling business, we have worked with M² for decades. In this blog post we discuss M², when to use it, and the way it is measured.
CMOS vs. CCD Sensors
Beam Profiling Cameras |March 29, 2016
CMOS and CCD image sensor technology was developed in the 1960s. Although for the last forty years CCD sensors have dominated the market, improvements in CMOS sensor design have catapulted them to a growing market share and the CMOS seems poised to replace the CCD in many applications.