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Kevin Kirkham
Ophir Unit of MKS Instruments Inc.

Kevin Kirkham

Webinars
Presented by Kevin Kirkham

November 2024
Pyroelectric Detectors: Insight to Energy
Pyroelectric detectors are critical in advancing various technologies by providing quantitative insights into the energy within a system. This session explores the technology, history, and diverse...
June 2024
Solid-State Light Sources: Understanding the Performance of VCSELS, Laser Diodes, and LEDs
VCSELS, Laser Diodes, LEDs, and other solid-state light sources have become mainstays in our lives. Parameters critical to their performance include spectrum, divergence, mode, intensity, and more....
June 2022
Measuring Long-Wavelength Lasers with IR Cameras, Pyroelectric Scanning-Slit Sensors, and Wavelength Conversion Apparatus
Using SWIR, MIR, and FIR lasers requires knowledge of their beam quality parameters. Many considerations significantly impact the laser process, such as mode structure, positional stability, and...

Articles
By Kevin Kirkham

May 2021
Beam Profiling: What Is Your Laser Not Telling You?
While it may seem intuitive that turning up the power on a laser will produce faster results in a materials processing operation, beam measurement tools often reveal that this only distributes the...
June 2019
Measuring Up with High-Power Fiber Lasers
Fiber lasers are used in ever-increasing numbers across a range of applications. In the 2- to 20-kW-power output range, laser applications are growing in materials processing and in finesse...
April 2016
Procedures Hinge on Nonlaser Light Sources’ Optimal Spatial Intensity Distribution
Unsterilized medical products, dental restorations with incompletely cured restorative materials and adhesives that fail in their application are a few of the potential outcomes when light-based...

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