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GB: 473nm diode information / giveaway

I have a MSV4 LTE I have in mind for this if the planets align in my favor.
 





The diodes shipped to me! eBay says I should get them the 15th...but the seller says I should get them in a couple days. Either way I'll ship one out to ARG as soon as I get them!

@ApexProxy The minisabre v2 would be great for these diodes...I have my PL520 in the polished version. I may build my second diode into one of these.
 
Re: GB: 473nm diode information / raffle

styropyro said:
The reason why I don't see more of these becoming available is the low amount of uses for this diode. 445nm/460nm diodes are already cheap enough for projectors and 520nm green laser diodes are also on the market. I just don't see a big enough use to make mass production of these diodes practical, especially when 473nm DPSS is available and holds a stable wavelength.

I could be completely wrong though.
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Well, these are really good for scientific purposes. A blue DPSS system to go in a lab machine would be over $10,000, likely way more - while a diode like this plus a driver would run much less than $10,000. Plus it's less power hungry and gives you less waste heat.

These definitely have a place in the scientific world, and will keep it - but as you say, I don't think these will get super mass produced because they're for scientific applications, unlike the PL520's or the 9mm 445nm diodes.

Trevor
 
I feel like a cheap skate being the only one giving just $5 lol Can I give you $5 more? lol
 
Yes, economically they are cheaper. They have value in simple settings such as university labs.

However, in a situation requiring a STABLE exact WL without variation, a stable, properly cooled, DPSS is perfect. These diodes vary, and are easy to change. Some situations don't require much stability, others do.

I don't see these making waves, but ripples, quite possible. I just don't see these being a very big deal.

My $0.02.

I have an unclaimed MS host that I have yet to decide what to build into. Just might be one of these :)
 
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MessiTom said:
I feel like a cheap skate being the only one giving just $5 lol Can I give you $5 more? lol
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Go ahead. :)

After shipping & all I estimate this will cost 370-400.

Any leftover dollars will be donated to LPF.
 
Got the extra paypal :)

And thanks! The album is in my signature. I really do like the photo as well.
 
LOL just saw i dont have enough funds in my paypal account so could you please take me out of the list? Sorry..
 
Elektrotechniker said:
LOL just saw i dont have enough funds in my paypal account so could you please take me out of the list? Sorry..
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Will do!

Smeerworst said:
Payment done :)

Cheers, Sm.
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Received :)


There is room for more if anyone else wants to join in.
Paypal has been taking 4% out of the donations for fee's, so I increased the goal to $370 :) I'll cover it if no one else wants to join in.
 
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There's always one...

absolom7691 from PL said:
These look great but I'll wait for the price to be halved and the output to be >100mW. I think a 120mW single-mode version would be great.
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OK, I'll give $5 -just so that I can say that I participated in buying one of the first 473nm laser diodes :D
 
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My money should be in tonight. I have been busy but I have the cash in my pp waiting.
 
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