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What is your OLDEST HeNe or other gas laser (working)?






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the oldest I've got is manufactured in Nov 1988 (Helium Neon from JDS). It had operated for over 20 years when I bought it and it still works perfectly without any visible degradation.

P.S. Apparently the very first gas laser (now in smithsonian museum) is still in working condition. :rolleyes:
 
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My oldest gas-laser is a shool physics teaching HE-NE-Laser of the year 1984.
Manufacturer ist Phywe and the power is 5mW.
See the pictures from today:

phywe01s.jpg

phywe02s.jpg

phywe03s.jpg

phywe04s.jpg

phywe05s.jpg

phywe06s.jpg
 
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