Photon's NanoScan scanning slit profilers provide major performance enhancements while maintaining the ease-of-use and flexibility that customers have come to expect with its predecessor, the world-renowned BeamScan. NanoScan scanheads are available to measure CW and pulsed beams across the entire spectral range from UV to far infrared.
What Can be Measured
- Laser beam XY position measurement uncertainty better than 300nm
- Beam size measurement precision to better than 0.5%
- High dynamic range (~35dBpower)
- Low instrument noise/jitter
- Precise knowledge of components' beam configuration possible to allow precise component assembly
- OEM automation integration capability
- Simple, intuitive software GUI for minimal learning curve
- Flexibility to control more head parameters increases range of operation
- Low-power pulsed beams can be measured
- Many high-power beams can be measured at focus without attenuation
NanoScan Overview Video
Multiple Beam Analysis Software
In addition to the hardware, the NanoScan has an integrated software package for Microsoft Windows operating systems, which can measure from one to 16 beams in the NanoScan aperture, all with sub-micron precision. The software includes ActiveX automation for users who want to integrate the NanoScan into OEM systems or write their own user interface screens.
Optional Power Meter
The silicon and germanium NanoScan systems offer the 200mW power meter as an option. The power meter can be calibrated against the user's ISO- or NIST- traceable power meter. The 200mW power meter has a quartz attenuator window that provides a uniform response across a broad wavelength range with a 1.5% accuracy when used in the same geometry as calibrated.
The power meter screen in the software shows both the total power and the individual power in each of the beams being measured. The power meter option is not available with pyroelectric detectors due to the broad range of power levels and wavelengths encountered with these scanheads.
M² Wizard
M-squared (M²) software Wizard is included in NanoScan Analysis and Acquisition Software 1.2 and above, and is also discussed in the M² section of the catalog.
Available Detectors
The NanoScan is available with silicon, germanium and pyroelectric detectors to cover the light spectrum from UV to far infrared beyond 100µm. The scanheads are available in several sizes, apertures and slit dimensions.
The USB-NS-PYRO-9-5-OP is a NanoScan Pyroelectric Detector with a 9.0 mm aperture and 5 micron slits. The high-resolution head features a pyroelectric detector, 63.5 mm diameter head with rotation mount, 9 mm entrance aperture, and a matched pair of 5 µm wide slits. The wavelength range is from 190 nm to 20 µm. This model does not include a cooling fan. PCI
