blrock
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I've just put my 4-watt-quad-blue-build on hold as I blew one of the 445s this weekend. (Had 4 in series @ 24V 1.2A. The first one in the line LED!)
For a while now I have been toying with the idea of stripping my Lambdapro lab 800mw greenie, rebuilding it and pumping the crystals with some nice 10W+ 808 from my fibre system. I know the fibre system is nicely tuned to 808. A while back I pumped the small crystal from a laser pointer and got some extreemly bright green. Of coarse this only lasted a few seconds after which the crystal caught on fire!
I reason that the crystals in this lab laser could handle a lot more 808nm. Goal being 2W green. Everything is already TEC cooled in the system.
Even if things go wrong and the greenie never works again, it should be a fun project.
Will keep you posted
For a while now I have been toying with the idea of stripping my Lambdapro lab 800mw greenie, rebuilding it and pumping the crystals with some nice 10W+ 808 from my fibre system. I know the fibre system is nicely tuned to 808. A while back I pumped the small crystal from a laser pointer and got some extreemly bright green. Of coarse this only lasted a few seconds after which the crystal caught on fire!
I reason that the crystals in this lab laser could handle a lot more 808nm. Goal being 2W green. Everything is already TEC cooled in the system.
Even if things go wrong and the greenie never works again, it should be a fun project.
Will keep you posted