11.2 Laser parameter setting
11.2.1 Setting the laser rise time
The applicable measurement time is between 0.1s and 2.0s, which has to be trans-
ferred to the laser controller as pulse length. The maximum laser rise time for measur-
ing the power cannot exceed 100µs. This limit has to be adhered to in order to avoid
incorrect results of the power measurement.
Some laser beam sources are factory set with power ramps of up to a few 100ms to
switch on the laser beam. To achieve the correct power values the shortest possible rise
time (<100μs) has to be set.
P
Max
P
Meas
t
t
p
t
0
P
100µs
Fig. 11.1: Laser rise time >100µs
P
Max
≙ P
Meas
t
t
p
t
0
P
100µs
Fig. 11.2: Laser rise time <100µs