
2Chapter 1. Introduction
1.2 Features
The MOGLabs FZW has no moving parts, and very high sensitivity
semiconductor imaging, enabling high measurement speed (up to
350persecond)andmeasurementofpulsedsourceswithonlyafew
microwattsoflight.
Longlifetimeisassuredastherearenomechanicalpartstowearout.
Theetalonsareoptically-contactedfusedsilica,withalowthermal
expansioncoefficient,makingtheinstrumentincrediblyrobust,reli-
able, and stable. High precisionMEMS-based sensors areusedto
make small corrections for environmental variations. Recalibration
isnotrequiredtomaintainthestatedaccuracy;infact,theFZW is
morestablethantheneonlampusedinsomeotherwavemetersas
acalibrationsource.
TheFZW alsointegratesamodern32-bitmicroprocessorandhigh-
resolutioncompactcolourdisplay. Wavelengthcalculationisperfor-
medautomaticallyonthedevicesothatnohostcomputerisrequired.
ItiscompactandcanbepoweredfromUSB orevenarechargeable
battery,soyoucanmoveitaroundyourlabandmeasurewavelength
rightwhereyouareadjustingyourlaser.
Fast ethernet and USB communications combined with a sophisti-
cated software suite enable display on your lab computer or your
smartphone. MultipleFZW devicescanbeeasilyrun fromasingle
computer, and integration with common data acquisition systems
issimpleusingtext-basedcommandsoverstandardprotocols,with
simplebindingstoLabVIEW,MATLAB,andpython provided. PIDfre-
quency feedback locking is also included with every device, also
withoutrequiringahostcomputer.