I plan to get a beam expander from Sanwu in the future or maybe I will build I out of 2 lens, a diverging lens and a collimating lens. Thanks for the tip though:)
Cool info! I heard about G8 lenses before but it does not seem as ubiquitous as G7 and is also more expensive. Furthermore when I bought the laser from sanwu, they did not offer G8 lenses so I had to stick with the G7. Maybe I would swap lenses to G8 in the future?
True.Multimode laser diodes have poorer divergence that single mode diode but I was really hoping it would be lower, perhaps less than 2mrad. Maybe I would try using the G8 lens as Paul1598419 suggested
Actually the laser use a G7 lens according to Sanwu when I email them about the type of lens they used on this laser. So I am not too sure why it has terrible beam divergence despite using a G7. Any ideas why?
I do not have the divergence measurement up to 30m, but this is my new calculated divergences. The one in the review is wrong and I have done the amendments.
When distance = 0m, Diameter = 6mm;
Test 1 :
Dist = 9.136m
Dia = 38mm
Divergence = 3.5mrad
Test 2 :
Dist = 6.001m
Dia = 20mm
Divergence...
More host and beamshot pics for you to enjoy :
G7 lens in the head of the laser
Tailcap view of laser
Host separated into 2 pieces
AR coated G7 lens protector closeup
Beam infinitely into the night sky
More beamshot...
Even more beamshots...
SD-Laser 303 532nm(~95mW) VS Sanwu...
Thank you for your positive comment. I understand that Relying on my calculations to determine a safe distance to point the laser at is very dangerous as I may not have accounted for all the variables. Fortunately, I did not actually point my laser at any buildings. I said that I point the laser...
Introduction :
Hello LPF, I decided to get my first Sanwu laser, a Challenger II multi-mode 3W 450nm laser, and would be reviewing it in this post. As I am a new member, my review may not meet some of your criteria so I hope you will not be too critical. Anyway, let's jump into the review:)...
For Sanwu multi mode laser, the Low power mode is 5mW or below thus is eye safe. Therefore, it is safe to use the laser as a pointing device at when set to Low power. Just make sure that you obey laser safety rules and everything should be fine.
Thankyou :) . Just a quick question as I am new, I notice many of the members in LPF have a list of the lasers that they own, colour coded, at the bottom their post. How did they do that?
I am from Singapore and I have been interested in lasers since I was about 8. I have experience in electronics as well as programming c++
. Currently, I own a couple of lasers including the common laser 303 as well as higher powered ones such as Sanwu challenger 3w and Chinese Gatling gun style...