Beamshots - 1.5W 532nm and more! (Image heavy, 56k beware!)

So, I was bored tonight and had my Viasho labby fired up. I decided to take some pictures. After the first photo, there's a small amount of smoke in the air from burning things. You'll see why.

This is the head, PSU, and the Vanilla Coke can I was using as a beamstop, so as to not catch things on fire by accident.



The Viasho at ~1.5W through one of LarryDFW's lenses. That focal point is pretty scary. It's around 0.1 or 0.2mm in diameter; the power density's nuts.



This is just the head, still running at 1.5W.



This is my newly cleaned Metrologic 855 outputting 5mW. I like the blue discharge - though I'm not sure that's normal (ahh, so it is; thanks guys), as I can't see into the aperture of my other HeNe. The red construction paper was for cutting down on green reflection to get better shots (we lacked black). I liked the shots without it better.



I turned the Viasho down to 2-3mW to get this photo. I like it...



And lastly, all three wavelengths I have. Forgive the lens flare, this was the best of the batch - though I think it's pretty cool looking.



Cheers! :beer:

-Trevor

Very,very, nice!!!!!

All my HeNe's have that 'blue' looking glow coming out, looks pretty cool IMO. Nice pics!

Nice job, but I want to see that 1.5W viasho burning

Don't Laze Me Bro said:

Nice job, but I want to see that 1.5W viasho burning

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yea! I thought you were going to say it melted through the coke can.
1.5W focosed to a pin point with a g-1 lens, I would have believed it

That metrologic is gorgeous, im well jealous!

Thanks for the pics.

Incredible pics, wouldn't mind having a green lab laser like that to mess around with :evil:

Nice pictures! The green beam looks amazing!

Don't Laze Me Bro said:

Nice job, but I want to see that 1.5W viasho burning

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Right now it's on its way to Beijing... in a couple weeks I can deliver.

rpaloalto said:

yea! I thought you were going to say it melted through the coke can.
1.5W focosed to a pin point with a g-1 lens, I would have believed it

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The cans make good beamstops because they have huge surface area, are red, and are made of metal. I wasn't trying to melt it - but I'll certainly try. Won't make any guarantees though.

jaycey said:

That metrologic is gorgeous, im well jealous

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That Metrologic is amazing after I cleaned it. I'll have to post some photos of just that one.

Gryphon said:

Incredible pics, wouldn't mind having a green lab laser like that to mess around with :evil:

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Take the plunge and get one, you won't regret it.

-Trevor

twhite828 said:

Right now it's on its way to Beijing... in a couple weeks I can deliver.

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Sorry for the double post, but this warrants it I think. Apparently Chinese customs has already flagged the package.

Hopefully I still own a 1.5W laser in a couple weeks. :undecided:

-Trevor

twhite828 said:

Sorry for the double post, but this warrants it I think. Apparently Chinese customs has already flagged the package.

Hopefully I still own a 1.5W laser in a couple weeks. :undecided:

-Trevor

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:O shite Why did you send it back anyhow?

Don't Laze Me Bro said:

:O shite Why did you send it back anyhow?

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The beam was a mix of TEM00 + TEM01 + TEM10, and the beam diameter was off-spec. And it mode-hopped.

I blame the gorillas that shipped it. ><

-Trevor

twhite828 said:

The beam was a mix of TEM00 + TEM01 + TEM10, and the beam diameter was off-spec. And it mode-hopped.

I blame the gorillas that shipped it. ><

-Trevor

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I think they are the cause of my titan's death >:| Good luck man!

EDIT: how much was it shipped?

Sweet, sweet pics of 1.5W of pure green power, mouth watering

electron said:

Sweet, sweet pics of 1.5W of pure green power, mouth watering

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-Trevor