possible UV laser cheap?

SMIDSY · Oct 5, 2008

not too sure what this is but either way its apparently a mercury (?!) UV laser?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mercury-Capil...39:1|66:2|65:15|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Cyparagon · Oct 5, 2008

"light source" != Laser

It's more of a fluorescent light minus the phosphor coating.

lasersbee · Oct 5, 2008

That is an Arc lamp... it is NOT a laser... like Cyparagon said...
it is like a fluorescent light tube.

SMIDSY · Oct 6, 2008

lasersbee said:
That is an Arc lamp... it is NOT a laser... like Cyparagon said...
it is like a fluorescent light tube.

well the guy claimes its a laser lol

doesnt that just show what ebays like....

Cyparagon · Oct 7, 2008

intended for high power shortwave UV applications such as sterilization and/or a small laser pump.

It will probably make a very good dye laser pump (I have some experimental documentation on how to do this).

MarioMaster · Oct 8, 2008

yup, arc lamps and flashlamps are typically used for pumping other lasers (dye lasers, YAG rods, etc) but they themselves don't produce laser light