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476nm / 480nm diode build by styropyro REVIEW (pic HEAVY)

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Good picture! Yeah that divergence is awesome, I can't think of any other laser (without a beam expander) that I've messed with that kept a tighter beam.

I can't wait to build my next 480nm handheld!
 





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Neighborhood of cost? :p

Styro -- PM me? :p Maybe? :) You know how I am about wavelengths.....
 
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Fish caught, sir. Fish caught.

476/480nm handheld arrived from Styro today, this is a nice unit.

Pics forthcoming, I'm going to try to get a 473/480/488 distinguishing shot but it's gonna be tough :)

I would think that there may actually be uses for 488 diodes (vs this) for cyto/medical/science uses; so maybe we'll see the wavelength walk into that range as far as available diodes go (I hope.)
 
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Fish caught, sir. Fish caught.

476/480nm handheld arrived from Styro today, this is a nice unit.

Pics forthcoming, I'm going to try to get a 473/480/488 distinguishing shot but it's gonna be tough :)

I would think that there may actually be uses for 488 diodes (vs this) for cyto/medical/science uses; so maybe we'll see the wavelength walk into that range as far as available diodes go (I hope.)

I hope indeed! Last I checked, a 200mW 488 diode was somewhere around 10k? Little bit over my budget :p
Looking forward to the 476 pics!
 
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You actually got it?! Nice! It's amazing how different the color is to 473nm (and even MORE amazing how different it is to 488nm)

Looking forward to pics :D
 
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You won't be seeing any more of these diodes going around for a long time probably ;)

So of the 5 (that i know to exist) the owners are, in order of acquisition,
Lazeerer
styropyro
KapHn8d
Zraffleticket
aryntha
 
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Well ... Um ... 609.07nm.

Ok, yeah, these things are wicked, I will admit. I tip my hat to you gentleman.
 
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Just you wait... I have 800 dollars to go until my one of a kind handheld is born.

Stahp.

If I had the money to put into handhelds, you'd have seen an orange by now and you know it.

At least I'm working on an ML HeNe handheld :p
 
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Unfortunately i do know that... but orange handhelds, at least <615nm, still exceed $3k after order, shipping expenses, customization and fitting to host... and I will not spend that much.
 
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Unfortunately i do know that... but orange handhelds, at least <615nm, still exceed $3k after order, shipping expenses, customization and fitting to host... and I will not spend that much.

You know there's a certain little diode, needing a certain little temperature, for a certain little $550. However you are right along the lines of <615. Though perhaps work could be done about that.

I'll see what our friend has in his mad dungeon that could suit the requirements. With excessive cooling, comes excessive blue shift.
 
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I've done my homework on that diode ;)

I don't like the possibility of condensation considering it needs to be -5C for 615nm to have even a chance of reality. Though I dunno if it was ever spectro'd
 
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I've done my homework on that diode ;)

I don't like the possibility of condensation considering it needs to be -5C for 615nm to have even a chance of reality. Though I dunno if it was ever spectro'd

Has anyone even done work on it? I was unaware if he ever got his hands on one.

Yes, that could be an issue. There was some talk about that, actually, in a thread I posted someone recommended using a desiccant like used in gas lasers to prevent moisture.

I could easily seal the laser diode, and lens once aligned, in an internal pill. Then have a glass window at like b-angle to prevent reflection.

Gas laser technology + cryo laser diode = beast of a handheld.
 
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Of course, its actually pretty much complete if I remember correctly...

I'm also gonna want that too if it can get a good seal on it. Though warm-up time would suck waiting for those TECs
 




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