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488nm diodes price

Dr.Laser

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Well, it seems to me that the prices of these 488nm diodes are going down quickly. The lowest price I can find at the moment is around $1050 for 60mW which is quite reasonable compared to $7k just few years ago.

After I've seen that price, an idea of making a pen build popped in my mind but still it's too expensive for me.

I wonder if someone seen a lower price on these. Also PM me if you need the link.
 





Dr.Laser said:
Well, it seems to me that the prices of these 488nm diodes are going down quickly. The lowest price I can find at the moment is around $1050 for 60mW which is quite reasonable compared to $7k just few years ago.

After I've seen that price, an idea of making a pen build popped in my mind but still it's too expensive for me.

I wonder if someone seen a lower price on these. Also PM me if you need the link.
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A pen 488 would be absolutely awesome. :D Hopefully the price continues to drop.


What products are 488 diodes used in that could be a source, or reason for them to be mass produced?
 
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That would be an amazing sight to see. You could be the first person in the world to make a 488nm pointer.
 
Here's a little cheaper I asked a few days ago.

Hello Bill:
They are 1000 USD/unit.
Regards-
Leena Das
World Star Technologies, Inc

On 2016-03-21 7:10 PM, Bill wrote:
Hi I am interested in purchasing one of your OSRAM diodes for testing purposes,

Are these available individually if so I would be interested in the price please?

OSRAM PL5 488 60mw!

Sent from my iPhone 6
 
$1000 a pop sure ain't too bad for a 488nm diode. Hopefully we shall have them in our hands soon enough :)

-Alex
 
they're commonly use in medical devices ( DNA sequencer) and AAS machines...(lab grade stuff).
 
Razako said:
That would be an amazing sight to see. You could be the first person in the world to make a 488nm pointer.
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Technically, I won't be doing such an expensive build by my own hands but hopefully this will come down to $500. I'm still waiting for a response from other sellers.
 
I got the quotation from many different resellers. It seems the official price for the Osram Plt5-488 is ~1000$ and it's unlikely to go down further unless there is an application that requires mass production of these.
 
Isaac Clarke said:
they're commonly use in medical devices ( DNA sequencer) and AAS machines...(lab grade stuff).
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Dr.Laser said:
I got the quotation from many different resellers. It seems the official price for the Osram Plt5-488 is ~1000$ and it's unlikely to go down further unless there is an application that requires mass production of these.
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Probably no mass production in the future then? :( Seems like those are mostly uses that would replace a single line argon? I guess even at $1000 it would be much less than a new gas laser.
 
Ears and Eggs said:
Probably no mass production in the future then? :( Seems like those are mostly uses that would replace a single line argon? I guess even at $1000 it would be much less than a new gas laser.
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~$1000 is much cheaper than a new OPSL laser too. Only thing is you're not going to get the same beam quality as with gas an OPSL.

But yes, as far as I know replacing argon lasers in their applications is the only application just now.
 
I like the "I dun goofed" diachi:) I've got a small bag of diodes that I should label that way. Most were blown from pushing too hard so my fault.
 
Pman said:
I like the "I dun goofed" diachi:) I've got a small bag of diodes that I should label that way. Most were blown from pushing too hard so my fault.
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I actually have a feeling the diode may still be alive - My thinking is that the glue I used to attach the driver and button board to the plastic holder offgassed and gummed up either the conductor inside of the button - or some other connection. Problem is I glued it in there too good and now I can't get it out to replace the driver/button. I'll be using a different glue next time, and less of it too. It worked for a short while at least ... Oh well - those PL515s weren't particularly expensive anyway. I did kill one of my PL515s for sure though - pin snapped off that one.


Dead diodes, such is the life of a laserist! Got to see how far you can push the limits though, right? :D
 
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I hope the prices continue to fall on these.

Hopefully someone will start coating InGaP diodes for 608nm in the near future too, then we'd just need yellow. :)
 
Here are my thoughts, the 488 is an amazing wavelength and is by far my favorite. For that reason I have my JDSU argon. At full blast it cranks out 120+ mW IIRC.
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What's interesting are the 462s and the NUBM07E are creeping up close to the 480 mark.
SO for 800 more dollars are you willing to buy 8-9more nanometers? A question every rare WL collector asks him/herself.
Personally I'd like to see the 488 diode push 80-100mW before I'd even consider. Who would risk the murder though! :oops:
 
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this is why LPF have a long traditon of Murder Fund GB.... we only need mr RHD to start the thread or any member with both a lpm and spectrometer..
 
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