An Argon and two HeNe Lasers in Fog

[billg519]

I wanted to run my gas lasers not so long ago, so I turned on the fog machine and shot a few video clips while I was at it. A 1mW red HeNe, a 2mW yellow HeNe, and a multiline argon were used. In the last clip, a diffraction grating (kaleidoscope type) was used.

 

[Gryphon]

I saw this vid on YouTube just before coming over here, pretty neat. That multi line argon is really cool

 

[Cyparagon]

Which two optics are you using to spread the lines?

 

[Trevor]

This video is epic. And makes me want to get a multiline argon even more.

+1

-Trevor

 

[Eudaimonium]

Damn, all colors sorted out here!
EPIC!

If you could add red and yellow in non-spreaded multiline ... That would make pretty neat white.
Although Argon would need to be turned down a lot, since it is around 50 mW total.

Awsome lasers!

 

[billg519]

I am spreading the lines with a prism that seems to have a high refractive index as the lines are well spread after a short distance. In the video, a short clip shows two of the prisms (beam only passes through one) on top of a large beamsplitter cube. The split beams then reflect off a first surface mirror and travel to a wall two rooms away.

 

[kingdave2357]

i cant get it to play, is it just me?

 

[billg519]

Maybe try again later, sometimes youtube just doesn't respond properly.

 

[x90z75ek]

Nice video! Is the one on the left the yellow HeNe?

 

[billg519]

Yes, the yellow is on the left. For some reason, my camera makes it look a lot more red than it does in real life.