First Argon! :D

[hwang21]

Well my first Argon arrived today it's a Cyonics Uniphase 2201-40MLA multiline argon that is almost exactly as old as I am

I picked it up for $175 shipped off of eBay, the seller kindly diassembled the argon from a DNA sequencer. I just had to remove a few extra cables and get my remote pins jumpered. Preliminary testing shows a big box, lots of bubble wrap, heavy metal, excess cables to be removed, big&loud fan, a hot room, 6 lines, and 47mW output. A quick disassembly showed me what an argon laser tube looked like up close for the first time time to get a maintenance burn in

Just a couple shots:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67636717/Lasers/Cyonics Uniphase 2201-40MLA/IMG_0843.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67636717/Lasers/Cyonics Uniphase 2201-40MLA/IMG_0845.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67636717/Lasers/Cyonics Uniphase 2201-40MLA/IMG_0846.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67636717/Lasers/Cyonics Uniphase 2201-40MLA/IMG_0848.JPG
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67636717/Lasers/Cyonics Uniphase 2201-40MLA/IMG_0852.JPG

Enjoy! Btw, can anyone tell me what these lines wavelengths are?

I hope my incoming ALC 60X just needs a zap by my incoming Oudin coil

 

[Trevor]

Careful now, it's hard to stop buying these once you get started...

If I were a betting man: 514, 501nm, 496nm, 488nm, 476nm, and 457nm.

Someone who knows more can probably correct me though.

Trevor

 

[crazyspaz]

Wish i could meter mine, but i, ya know....dont have a power meter...

anyway, you are getting the same 6 lines as me-thats on full power im assuming? also around 50mW is what im guessing mines putting out.

And Trevor i think you are correct...I have already been looking at HeNe's....but i would like to have this nice thing called "money" to use on other things other than just lasers! dropped a good 400$ on lasers in the past ~3 weeks...It's a sickness almost.

I can quit whenever i want, i swear!

 

[hwang21]

Seems like those are the correct numbers and yes that's full power, I only have 5 lines at idle, which comes in at right around 4-5mW. And yes I know about "money", I have a GreeNe and an ALC 60X coming in. If I can revive the ALC 60X I'm good for argons, might even sell this little guy :beer: I'm probably going to bare tube my GreeNe (I wanna see the plasma :eg

 

[LtKernelPanic]

Nice. Wait till winter hits and you'll know why I've referred to mine as the "pretty blue space heater" on occasion.

 

[daguin]

Great score!

Peace,
dave

 

[Cyparagon]

Trevor is correct.

That feels like a waste of a post, so here is another decimal place: 514.5 501.7 496.5 488.0 476.5 457.9

 

[hwang21]

Thanks for the info :beer: and a side note... The PSU had a standard wall outlet plug

 

[icecruncher]

Thanks for the info :beer: and a side note... The PSU had a standard wall outlet plug

Good to hear.

Glad it was pretty much plug and play.

You worry too much (like me!)

Nice to know the wires aren't melting and it's putting out a nice pretty blue.

What do you think of 488?

 

[hwang21]

Haha yeah I wasted money on a NEMA 5-15 to 5-20 adapter but oh well lol no wire melting problems although I do have to say, the PSU power cord is extremely short

488nm is such a pretty cyan! But I think the raw ML beam from the argon looks even cooler a sea green ish color. Very exotic

 

[pschlosser]

Wish i could meter mine, but i, ya know....dont have a power meter...

Both the ALC 60X and these JDSU 22xx lasers have a "light mode." This means, there is a built-in LPM (more or less) into the head. Those test points on the remote one measures with a DMM have always been pretty accurate, in my estimation.

On a JDSU 2214-40ML, I recently compared the actual light output with an LPM against the reading from the test points on my meter, and found the two readings to be within a few tenths a mW.

So, for these lasers, you don't need an LPM to get a pretty accurate approximation of what they're outputting.

Light-mode, test points, meter voltage.

And if you don't have a remote, get one. You know you've arrived if you can score one of these:

 

[SKeeZ]

Wavelengths (from right):
457.9nm (For Sure),
476.5nm,
488nm (For Sure),
496.5nm,
501.7nm,
514.5nm (For Sure).

 

[crazyspaz]

Both the ALC 60X and these JDSU 22xx lasers have a "light mode." This means, there is a built-in LPM (more or less) into the head. Those test points on the remote one measures with a DMM have always been pretty accurate, in my estimation.

On a JDSU 2214-40ML, I recently compared the actual light output with an LPM against the reading from the test points on my meter, and found the two readings to be within a few tenths a mW.

So, for these lasers, you don't need an LPM to get a pretty accurate approximation of what they're outputting.

Light-mode, test points, meter voltage.

And if you don't have a remote, get one. You know you've arrived if you can score one of these:

Eh, I don't feel the need to spend more on a remote for my laser than i spent in total for the laser itself Thanks for the info though-maybe if i ever see one for cheap on FleaBay I'll snag it

 

[LtKernelPanic]

MI has the 2500 remote for $68 on their site. I paid 2x that for mine two years ago.