I know this is a much discussed topic. I've read everything I can find on it in the forum. But I'm still not quite sure of the best way to test for it. I have a 200+mW Green Lab laser on the way and I've been promised it has a good IR filter with no leakage. I believe them But call it paranoia, or maybe its just the engineer in me, but of course I'm going to want to prove it.
I saw something Bionic-Badger had posted about using a IR pass filter on a camera. Sounds good, and I've found some cheap ($20) IR pass filters but they only list one wavelength (eg - 700nm, or 850nm, 900nm etc). I don't know if this is their center wavelength or what the rest of the response curve is. So how would I know I'm covering 808nm and 1064nm?
Then there's the IR blocking filter from NOVA: I guess I could put one of those between the aperture and my power meter and see if the power drops. If it doesn't, then that proves there is no IR, right? But how much will the NOVA filter attenuate the 532nm power?
Has anyone concluded what the best method would be? Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated.
I saw something Bionic-Badger had posted about using a IR pass filter on a camera. Sounds good, and I've found some cheap ($20) IR pass filters but they only list one wavelength (eg - 700nm, or 850nm, 900nm etc). I don't know if this is their center wavelength or what the rest of the response curve is. So how would I know I'm covering 808nm and 1064nm?
Then there's the IR blocking filter from NOVA: I guess I could put one of those between the aperture and my power meter and see if the power drops. If it doesn't, then that proves there is no IR, right? But how much will the NOVA filter attenuate the 532nm power?
Has anyone concluded what the best method would be? Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated.