Hello Everyone!
I just discovered this forum a week ago. What I find here is really awesome in all respects. In design, invention, inspiration and professional quality. And most importantly, you seem to never get tired of Lasers.
Well, I'm here because I always had a great fascination with lasers. I think I was the first 9 yo kid in my country (a long long long time ago) who could explain in detail how a Ruby laser worked. Unfortunately my life has been mostly occupied by loads of other things, so I never got to build any awesome diode laser, just a HeNe one also a long time ago... It was rather disappointing, as it didn't cut, burn or even focus properly and I could barely see the spot far away. In addition it was extremely heavy (due to iron core transformer) and electrocuting myself occasionally on the caps... So yeah, nice to see that here have been some substantial progress since.
Now I have a very specific project in mind. But before I dive in to the details of that, I just want to say, that although I have a descent technical knowledge of many things, but when it comes to diode lasers I am totally new, apart of what I've learned here and there in the recent weeks.
The project will require several things and that's where I think the LPF community can really help me. Since I do not currently own any high power LD pointer, I'd need both guidance and recommendations as to what to get and where to get it. Unfortunately the price is an issue for me as I'm on a very low budget. I need the most quality power for the buck. (Don't we always?)
Looking forward to work with you guys!
SIEVA
I just discovered this forum a week ago. What I find here is really awesome in all respects. In design, invention, inspiration and professional quality. And most importantly, you seem to never get tired of Lasers.
Well, I'm here because I always had a great fascination with lasers. I think I was the first 9 yo kid in my country (a long long long time ago) who could explain in detail how a Ruby laser worked. Unfortunately my life has been mostly occupied by loads of other things, so I never got to build any awesome diode laser, just a HeNe one also a long time ago... It was rather disappointing, as it didn't cut, burn or even focus properly and I could barely see the spot far away. In addition it was extremely heavy (due to iron core transformer) and electrocuting myself occasionally on the caps... So yeah, nice to see that here have been some substantial progress since.
Now I have a very specific project in mind. But before I dive in to the details of that, I just want to say, that although I have a descent technical knowledge of many things, but when it comes to diode lasers I am totally new, apart of what I've learned here and there in the recent weeks.
The project will require several things and that's where I think the LPF community can really help me. Since I do not currently own any high power LD pointer, I'd need both guidance and recommendations as to what to get and where to get it. Unfortunately the price is an issue for me as I'm on a very low budget. I need the most quality power for the buck. (Don't we always?)
Looking forward to work with you guys!
SIEVA
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