Fiber vs. MOPA

Fiber vs. MOPA

fiber machines are q-switched and mopa uses a master oscillator power amplifier. so basically it's just different technology in the source. the mopa can pulse with more amplitude so you can actually dial in the frequency and other settings to create different colors and contrasts, whereas a standard fiber source has narrower frequency range.


TL;DR:

mopa can do this (fiber cant):


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