In pursuit of my 1mw ir laser I found the following laser diode...
Thorlabs - L980P010 980 nm, 10 mW, Ø5.6 mm, A Pin Code, Laser Diode
The L980P010 from thorlabs.
It's 10mw and 980nm making it almost perfect except for the fact that it's 10x more powerful than I want it to be!
So I want to buy this diode and the required parts to not only turn it into a functioning laser but to bring its output power down to 1mw.
Im new to assembling lasers so could someone point me to a short list of what I'll need to get this thing working?
So far I think I'll have to look at getting...
Safety glasses
A focusable lens
A low power diode driver
And The housing
From there I was going to set the laser up, get it on a laser power meter and adjust the input current until it outputted the power I want or use some sort of filter; however I'm very new to this so if I'm missing something please do shout.
Any advice for what to buy and do from here much appreciated.
Thorlabs - L980P010 980 nm, 10 mW, Ø5.6 mm, A Pin Code, Laser Diode
The L980P010 from thorlabs.
It's 10mw and 980nm making it almost perfect except for the fact that it's 10x more powerful than I want it to be!
So I want to buy this diode and the required parts to not only turn it into a functioning laser but to bring its output power down to 1mw.
Im new to assembling lasers so could someone point me to a short list of what I'll need to get this thing working?
So far I think I'll have to look at getting...
Safety glasses
A focusable lens
A low power diode driver
And The housing
From there I was going to set the laser up, get it on a laser power meter and adjust the input current until it outputted the power I want or use some sort of filter; however I'm very new to this so if I'm missing something please do shout.
Any advice for what to buy and do from here much appreciated.
