1
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: How to Use This Manual.....................................4
Chapter 2 Quick Reference...........................................................................5
2.1 Getting Started...............................................................................5
2.2 Thermal Heads...............................................................................7
2.2.1 Use of Nova with thermal type heads........................................7
2.2.2 Setting and Saving Startup Configuration.................................8
2.2.3 Power or Single Shot Energy Measurement ............................8
2.3 Photodiode Heads.......................................................................10
2.3.1 Use of Nova with photodiode type heads ...............................10
2.3.2 Selecting Chosen Wavelength..................................................11
2.3.3 Setting Startup Configuration....................................................11
2.3.4 Power Measurement..................................................................11
2.4 Pyroelectric and Photodiode Energy Heads...........................12
2.4.1 Selecting Chosen Wavelength..................................................12
2.4.2 To set type of laser being used.................................................13
2.4.3 To set Laser Pulse and Average...............................................13
2.4.4 Setting Startup Configuration....................................................13
2.4.5 Setting up PE-DIF diffuser heads to diffuser IN or OUT
setting............................................................................................14
2.4.6 Energy or Average Power Measurement................................14
Chapter 3 The Nova Display Unit...............................................................17
3.1 General Description....................................................................17
3.2 Smart Connectors and Multihead Operation..........................18
3.3
Soft Keys and Menu Button.......................................................18
3.3.1 Menu Button ................................................................................18
3.3.2 Soft Keys.......................................................................................19
3.4 Power Up and Shut Down..........................................................20
3.5 Nova Functions which are independent of Head Type.........21
3.5.1 Line Frequency ............................................................................21
3.5.2 Zero Adjustments ........................................................................21
3.5.3 Baud Rate .....................................................................................22
3.6 Backlight.......................................................................................22
3.7 Kickstand ......................................................................................23
3.8 Charging........................................................................................23
3.9 Chart Recording...........................................................................24
3.10 Beam Splitter Function...............................................................24
Chapter 4 Operation with Thermopile Absorber Heads.........................26
4.1 Thermopile Absorber Heads .....................................................26
4.2 Selecting Settings from the Nova Screen...............................27
4.2.1 To Set Type of Laser being Used:.............................................27
4.2.2 To choose Manual or Automatic Ranging in Power
Measurement:..............................................................................28
4.2.3 To choose Power or Energy Measurement...........................29
4.3 Startup and Configuration of Defaults .....................................29
4.4 Power Measurement..................................................................30
4.4.1 Power Measurement, Basic Operation...................................30
4.4.2 Advanced Power Measurement Features.............................31
4.5
Energy Measurement .................................................................37
4.5.1 Setup .............................................................................................37
4.5.2 Measurement...............................................................................37
4.5.3 Minimum Energy Threshold.......................................................38
4.5.4 Measuring Pulses of Very Low Energy....................................39
4.5.5 Measuring Energy of Rapidly Repeating Pulses....................40
4.5.6 Energy Log....................................................................................40
Chapter 5 Operation with Photodiode Type Heads ................................42
5.1 Photodiode Heads.......................................................................42
To Next Page
Loading...
Need help?
General
