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Toxic heavy metal vapor lasers, anyone?

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laserwanabe said:
so does this unit only put out 442nm? I remember first reading about HeCd and some were single line and other had other deep UV wavelengths.  

None the less its a thing of beauty, and if you looking for a place to put it i have plenty of space  ::)
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HeCd lasers are also a popular tool to get 325nm. That are a lot of these hanging around the department where I work. They are used for photoluminescence, and since most everything done in our department is for the gallium nitride system, from near-UV to green, the 325 HeCd is a great tool for that since it can excite everything quite easily.

There are some problems with it and it isn't always ideal, but it's a very popular tool around here, and in a lot of semiconductor labs.
 





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Coherent said:
I currently have no working gas lasers :(  My HeNe died after leaving it running on a table for 3 months straight.  It made such a nice nightlight and I couldn't resist.
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that's weird that it died.... are you sure it's the tube and not the power supply?
 
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GooeyGus said:
[quote author=Coherent link=1232851935/0#15 date=1232860469]I currently have no working gas lasers :(  My HeNe died after leaving it running on a table for 3 months straight.  It made such a nice nightlight and I couldn't resist.
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that's weird that it died.... are you sure it's the tube and not the power supply?[/quote]
The PSU is still good. I use it for charging HV capacitors now.
 
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GooeyGus said:
[quote author=daguin link=1232851935/0#7 date=1232854090]You know that I am VERY jealous, right?
Peace,
dave
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You will get a PSU and soon see the HeCd in it's full glory!!! What model is your head anyway?
Oh, as a side note, I got your lasos head today but Haven't had a chance to tinker... I had to play with my new laser first hehehe[/quote]

I had to return the laser head to get the refund. They wouldn't do a partial for the "lost" PSU. I'll keep looking . . . . .

Peace,
dave
 
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Beautiful, Gus!

About the HeNe being on for 3 months... that's over 2000 hours. They only last... What... 3000-1000? Yours was bought used, wasn't it?
 
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I have one of those at work! It's from Liconix 80mW, perfect for holography. This is what should be done with it. :p
You have to power it for at least one hour each month or it will break! Not sure why but that is written in the manual.
 
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I'm glad to see that you got a big laser without the shipping process destroying it !!! Those two big argons were certainly depressing photos to look at. This is much nicer. :) I like the idea of wall mounting it, saves space and shows off the unit well. If you do wall mount it, post some pics. Congrats on an awesome new laser!
 
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All is not well in paradise.

After running it for about 6 hours yesterday, I shut the laser off and everything was great. Well, I went to power it up today and only one of the outputs was firing. The other wasn't even trying to fire, just sitting and doing nothing.

After troubleshooting all day I still haven't gotten it nailed down and would really just like to find another 4240N power supply.

It was so pretty.... I need to see it again :'( :'( :'(
 
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[smiley=engel017.gif] good luck fixing it I was looking forward to seeing more pictures.
 
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ouch :(

I had a computer psu die like that. Shut down and everything was fine. Next morning it was stone dead, not even a peep
 
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GooeyGus said:
After troubleshooting all day I still haven't gotten it nailed down and would really just like to find another 4240N power supply.
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Damn! I've got a 400PS if it can help.

Peace,
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GooeyGus said:
Dave, does it have two HV outputs or only one? *crosses fingers*
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Sadly, No. The 400PS only has one HV socket. I was thinking maybe you might be able to run one side of the tube with it. It is here if you need/want it.

Peace,
dave
 
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I might be able to use the HV unit out of that PSU.... I'm talking with a HeCd 'expert' tonight, I'll let ya know what he says :D
 
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