Design of ultrafast laser manufacturing system based on LabVIEW

An integrated ultrafast laser manufacturing system, which is based on LabVIEW software, has been designed to improve the integration level of three-dimensional translation stage controlling software and optical microscope software. This system is consisted of six units: femtosecond laser, translation stage, CCD camera, shutter, power meter, and computer. The main design idea is based on the multi-thread programming method in LabVIEW software: (1) the synchro control between the laser beam on or off and translation stage has been achieved; (2) the laser manufacturing process is monitored via a CCD camera; (3) the laser parameters such as laser average power are monitored via a power meter. And these separate modules are controlled in an integration interface. Compared with usual ultrafast laser manufacturing systems, this system has the advantages of high stability, simple operation, integrated control interface, strong scalability and high regulation efficiency.