Driver for DaylightSolutions MIRcat QCL laser

Matlab MEX driver for MIRcat QCL laser daylightsolutions.com

mircat

Matlab MEX wrapper written in C/C++ (MS Visual Studio) for DaylightSolutions MIRcat QCL laser (https://daylightsolutions.com/product/mircat/)

Requires DaylightSolutions SDK, which is provided with the laser (MIRcatSDK.lib and MIRcatSDK.h)

Syntaxis:

mircat('setParameterCommand',value); 	% set Parameter to provided value or execute command
result = mircat('getParameterCommand');	% get Parameter value or get command output

Parameters/Commands:	Call type
arm	get only
disarm	get only
emission	set&get
isarmed	get only
isconnected	get only
isinterlocked	get only
istuned	get only
poweroff	get only
stepscan	set only
temperature	get only
temperaturestable	get only
temperaturewait	get only
wavelength	get only
wavelength_cm1	set only
wavelength_mic	set only
wavelength_trigger	set only

Example:

mircat('isconnected')                % initialize the driver and check connection to the laser`
mircat('isinterlocked')              % check the status of the laser interlock

if ~mircat('isarmed')                % check if the laser is armed
    mircat('arm');                   % arm the laser
    while ~mircat('isarmed')         % wait till arming process is finished
        pause(0.5);
    end
end

mircat('temperature')                % check the laser temperature
mircat('temperaturestable')          % check if the laser temperature is is stable

lambda_um = 6.3;
mircat('wavelength_mic',lambda_um);  % set emission wavelength to lambda_um (6.3 micrometers)

for ki = 1:10                        % wait up to 5 sec until the laser tuning process is finished
    if mircat('istuned'), break, end
    pause(0.5);
end

mircat('emission',1);                % emission ON
mircat('emission',0);                % emission OFF

mircat('poweroff');                  % power off the laser
clear('mircat');                     % clear driver from memory