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Has anyone entertained the idea of growing their own KTP crystals? I wonder how difficult it really is.
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Grow your own KTP crystals?
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I meant potassium trihydrogen phosphate, but no matter.
Even tho the growing process and the fabrication into useful devices are likely beyond the grasp of most of us, I don't like being told that I can't.
Even tho the growing process and the fabrication into useful devices are likely beyond the grasp of most of us, I don't like being told that I can't.
Probably like making your own green laser from components:
possible but a serious pain in the rear, and with a huge amount of luck you might squeeze a few percent efficiency out of this.
On the other hand, that is probably how they started in the beginning - lousy crystals that were continuously refined until today you get some very fine lasers.
I'd say, go on and try it, maybe you will discover a crystal that will emit a pink and blue line when injected with 650 nm
possible but a serious pain in the rear, and with a huge amount of luck you might squeeze a few percent efficiency out of this.
On the other hand, that is probably how they started in the beginning - lousy crystals that were continuously refined until today you get some very fine lasers.
I'd say, go on and try it, maybe you will discover a crystal that will emit a pink and blue line when injected with 650 nm
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philguy said:...maybe you will discover a crystal that will emit a pink and blue line when injected with 650 nm
Yes. That's the idea. I'd be quite content to get just that far! Patience, repetition and luck should provide such an effect.
Well, how was milk from cows discovered in the first place? Somebody must have had that crazy idea of sucking on those four weird contraptions (who knows, maybe additional members ?!?) hanging down from a savaged animal!
Maybe that way, other colors will be discovered.
(not by sucking on an utter, but by going unconventional ways, of course!)
Maybe that way, other colors will be discovered.
(not by sucking on an utter, but by going unconventional ways, of course!)
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philguy said:
Now you have me thinking if anyone's tried milk as a lasing medium! Probably only works with some rare Yak's secretion.
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dataplumber9 said:
Now you have me thinking if anyone's tried milk as a lasing medium! Probably only works with some rare Yak's secretion.[/quote]
I believe that to lase cow's milk you would need crystals of Molybdenum Oxide... or um... MoO for short. ;D
Yak Yak... CC
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Of course, if you're talking integrated cow's milk lasing you may end up with a modded bovine laser show like this...
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I don't know if milk is transparent at any usable wavelengths.
No you don't. You mean potassium titanyl phosphate.
dataplumber9 said:
No you don't. You mean potassium titanyl phosphate.
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philguy said:
Resisitance IS futile.
Very nice pseudo-data! Is this your work?
