Europium doped red target with lasers

[timelord]

I'm sure some of have heard of these or even have some just another glowing thing to make us laser junkies smile

 

[timelord]

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[timelord]

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[timelord]

Here's a video of it playing with the 175mw Aries and my 5mw Blu-ray seems to work on it too

 

[lamborgini8]

:-?

What exactly are they?

 

[timelord]

I found it on ebay and find it quite fascinating to play with

 

[Benm]

Nice phosphorescense
How much did you pay for it?

 

[timelord]

Nice phosphorescense
How much did you pay for it?

About $16 + shipping which was $3.60 from scientifico on ebay

 

[a_pyro_is]

Nice vid Timelord!

 

[timelord]

Thanks pyro

 

[timelord]

Here's a youtube version for those with a slow connection speed

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdMFT26-3Zs[/media]

 

[MarioMaster]

i had wondered about those, thanks for the video

 

[timelord]

i had wondered about those, thanks for the video

Well worth the money if you ask me

 

[a_pyro_is]

So Timelord, do you think they're worth the money? lol
I'm sorry, it's this smart-ass sense of humor of mine...I just can't help it sometimes.
And again, thanks for yet another great vid.

 

[timelord]

So Timelord, do you think they're worth the money? lol
I'm sorry, it's this smart-ass sense of humor of mine...I just can't help it sometimes.
And again, thanks for yet another great vid.

Yes it is worth it ;D

 

[a_pyro_is]

Another question...
It seems to show on the package that it will glow red when struck by light of a high enough wavelength. And maybe it was just the camera, the video encoding, or my monitor, but it looked like it was glowing more of a pink color than red. What does it look like in person?