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Beam stealer laser power meter

US5523837A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 19, 1994
Grant dateJun 4, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 19, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J1/4257
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An essentially non-intrusive laser power meter is described which is dependent on the reflection of a minor fraction of energy from a laser beam. A small beam splitter positioned on the periphery of the laser beam directs a small amount of the beam's reflected energy to a silicon photodiode. The output signal from the photodiode is then sent to a meter readout to indicate the beam energy.

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