I apologize if this topic has been covered, I read all 6 pages of this forum and couldn't find any details.
Basically, as anyone connected or used fiber optics with their laser?
I'll tell you what I have and what I'm envisioning.
I have both a 4x BR and a 120-150mw O-Like green lab style laser. Using either one (I don't care which), I'd like to assemble a fiber-optic cable into a 'light pen' essentially, to focus all of that energy into one tiny point on the output of my 'light pen'. Essentially I could use this for things like engraving wood or plastics or leather or what have you, if I were to use a powerful enough laser, such as an 8x Blu-Ray @ 300-400mw or so.
Getting a fiber cable isn't hard, but is there any good easy way to mount the 'intake' portion of this fiber through some sort of coupler that would be able to mount over the output of my green or BR in order to take the entire beam?
Any tips or help would be great, if I can get something decent figured out I'll post the entire tutorial.
-Jesse
Basically, as anyone connected or used fiber optics with their laser?
I'll tell you what I have and what I'm envisioning.
I have both a 4x BR and a 120-150mw O-Like green lab style laser. Using either one (I don't care which), I'd like to assemble a fiber-optic cable into a 'light pen' essentially, to focus all of that energy into one tiny point on the output of my 'light pen'. Essentially I could use this for things like engraving wood or plastics or leather or what have you, if I were to use a powerful enough laser, such as an 8x Blu-Ray @ 300-400mw or so.
Getting a fiber cable isn't hard, but is there any good easy way to mount the 'intake' portion of this fiber through some sort of coupler that would be able to mount over the output of my green or BR in order to take the entire beam?
Any tips or help would be great, if I can get something decent figured out I'll post the entire tutorial.
-Jesse