637nm HL63133DG Build

• Aug 4, 2011

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G'day blokes,

Since the Aussie dollar is up atm, i ordered 2x of the HL63133DG's last week from Avnet and they arrived today, (in a rather large box for 2x 5.6mm diodes).

I will probably follow in rhd's footsteps and use a guidesman host.

I also ordered some 650-G-1 lenses from jayrob to use with this build,i wonder how well that will boost the output.

Will be using a microflex drive V5 set at *300mA* for the initial run in.

I haven't had time to start the build yet but will be attempting it on the weekend so watch this thread

 

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• Aug 4, 2011

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Cant wait to see it!!

The Aussie dollar is at around 1.07 american cents atm, Take that Americans!!

Dont these diodes cost about $170 each?

 

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• Aug 4, 2011

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Me either

they where $176US which is about $165AUD

 

• Aug 4, 2011

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Yep our $ is sinking faster then the titanic, I thik every currency is higher then the ours, I'll be waiting to see how you laser(s) come out.

 

• Aug 5, 2011

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I'm also looking forward to seeing what you do with these awesome laser diodes. I'll probably buy one of these fairly soon.

 

• Aug 5, 2011

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ignore me

 

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Has anybody experimented with cooling these laser diodes? When I get mine I'm gonna cool it with dry ice and see if I notice a difference in brightness. A spectrometer would be a nice tool to have on hand for that experiment.

 

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dry ice?

why not use a tec, its alot safer

 

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I was hoping the extreme cold (-78ºC) would produce a noticeable wavelength shift. I've cooled some of my lasers with dry ice without any noticeable difference, but again I don't have a spectrometer.

 

• Aug 5, 2011

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I thought there were issues using the Flex drives with these diodes because they are case positive... I'm probably mistaken but I could have sworn I read that somewhere. I hope the diode does work fine with that driver because I have an extra FlexDrive that I was going to use for a red build but I wasn't sure if it would work because of the case positive thing.

 

• Aug 6, 2011

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i am not sure, will inspect the diodes today.

 

• Aug 6, 2011

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just pressed one into a module then, these are a LCC and case isolated.

pin 1 is LD- and pin 3 is LD+, Pin 2 (the middle pin is the case pin).

the conections look the same as 445nm 1W diode.

http://www.opnext.com/products/pdf/ode2_071_hl63133dg_Rev2.pdf

 

• Aug 6, 2011

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it is complete

 

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Oh come on you can't just say "it is complete" and leave it at that!

Pics or it didn't happen

I wanna see beamshots!!!!!!

 

• Aug 6, 2011

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haha, don't you worry, im processing photos and diagrams as we speak!

 

• Aug 6, 2011

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Good lol

Oh and I've been meaning to tell you, your avatar is awesome!