Particle Image Velocimetry Lasers

Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is an experimental method used for determining the velocity of a flowing fluid by monitoring the particles in the stream which are illuminated by a laser. For this application to work, particle image velocimetry lasers and cameras must be time-gated and triggered at the same time so that each image can be precisely mapped to a point in time. By monitoring the change in position of these particles at precise time intervals over several images captures a velocity vector can be measured for each particle, and therefore a velocity map of the total flow can be created. The most common type of particle image velocimetry lasers are pulsed frequency doubled Nd: YAG at 532 nm, but any pulsed visible laser should work. On this page you will find a list of all of the particle image velocimetry lasers we offer ranging including both diode pumped solid state (DPSS) lasers and flashlamp pumped laser systems.

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Part Number	Type	Output power (W)	Pulse energy (uJ)	Pulse width	Rep rate
Onda 532nm	Pulsed DPSS Lasers	5.0, 10.0	400.0, 800.0	2ns - 14ns	Single Shot to 100kHz
Quantas-Q2-1053	Pulsed DPSS Lasers	0.080, 0.100, 0.150, 0.200, 0.300, 0.350, 0.400, 0.500, 0.600, 0.800, 1.0, 1.3, 2.0	8000.0, 10000.0, 15000.0, 20000.0, 30000.0, 35000.0, 40000.0, 50000.0, 60000.0, 65000.0, 70000.0, 80000.0	5ns, 6ns, 7ns, 8ns	10Hz, 20Hz, 33.3Hz, 50Hz
Quantas-Q2-1064	Pulsed DPSS Lasers	0.080, 0.100, 0.150, 0.200, 0.300, 0.350, 0.400, 0.500, 0.600, 0.700, 0.800, 1.0, 1.2, 1.3, 2.0	2500.0, 5000.0, 8000.0, 10000.0, 15000.0, 20000.0, 30000.0, 35000.0, 40000.0, 60000.0	5ns, 6ns, 7ns, 8ns, 10ns	10Hz, 20Hz, 33.3Hz, 50Hz, 100Hz, 200Hz
Quantas-Q2-527	Pulsed DPSS Lasers	0.350, 0.800, 1.0, 2.0	500.0, 5000.0, 15000.0, 25000.0, 30000.0, 35000.0, 40000.0	5ns, 6ns, 7ns, 8ns	10Hz, 20Hz, 33.3Hz, 50Hz
Quantas-Q2-532	Pulsed DPSS Lasers	0.500, 0.750, 0.800, 1.0, 2.0	500.0, 5000.0, 25000.0, 30000.0, 35000.0, 40000.0	5ns, 6ns, 7ns, 8ns, 10ns	10Hz, 20Hz, 33.3Hz, 50Hz, 100Hz, 200Hz
Quantas-Q2HE-527	Pulsed DPSS Lasers	0.600, 1.0	20000.0, 50000.0, 60000.0	6ns	10Hz, 20Hz, 50Hz
Quantas-Q2HE-532	Pulsed DPSS Lasers	0.500, 0.800, 1.0, 1.75, 2.0	20000.0, 35000.0, 40000.0, 50000.0	6ns	10Hz, 20Hz, 50Hz, 100Hz
SOL-355	Pulsed DPSS Lasers	4.0	650.0	15ns - 35ns	Single Shot to 100kHz
SOL-532	Pulsed DPSS Lasers	3.0, 5.0, 10.0, 20.0, 35.0	200.0, 400.0, 650.0, 1200.0	10ns - 50ns, 10ns - 60ns, 15ns - 60ns	Single Shot to 100kHz
Wedge-HB/XB 532	Pulsed DPSS Lasers	2.0	1000.0, 2000.0	1.5ns	Single shot to 1kHz, Single shot to 2kHz

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