HAPPY 10th Birthday PHR 803T.

[hakzaw1]

OR as we 405 lovers say for short ... 'PHR'
'.

. Seems just like yesterday..you were the 'new' kid on the block.. & getting a TON of attention..

still around but in the background behind the Big guys. X12 X16 X20 (w?)
:thinking:

.... who 'discovered' you?
Some say Lava- 2008
but in 2007 Sam and friend Leslie Wright (Scotland)added at sam's laserfaq for sure the best 'review' of the actual 'harvest'.-- and a good read..
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Dissection of a Blu-ray Reader Assembly:
The Optics

Leslie Wright and Samuel Goldwasser


WHoa big..
oh well --
see the swell job they did.

http://repairfaq.cis.upenn.edu/Misc/Blu-ray/site1/optics.html

 

[BobMc]

Well, Happy Brithday to that blue ray diode. Been around 10 years. Bet it's put quite a few smiles on quite a few people. Including me.

 

[Lifetime17]

Hi Hak,
Yes it seems like it came a long way and still is going strong. Nice reading a little laser diode history.

Rich

 

[CynicalBrad]

I recall harvesting a few of these. A phr-803t "build" was even my first laser. Good times.

 

[BowtieGuy]

:bday: Happy Birthday little PHR! :bday:
Maybe as a birthday wish, it will wish for even more of these new wavelengths we've been seeing for the last few weeks! 505, 475, and now 495nm, what's next.

 

[paul1598419]

Yeah, that poor little diode doesn't seem to get much use any longer. Not since the X12 and X16 guys came around. I guess in LD terms, 10 years is a lifetime. Now, blow out the candles.

 

[hakzaw1]

~2009 2010 IIRC I sent diachi, who afaik was still living in Scotland, some info on Leslie in case he wanted to meet him.
not sure what happened.

Wright is a photog who (maybe) had an Xray tech day job and got into doing Xray art.
The pic of the Chambered Nautalis is quite interesting.

GL getting the pics to load.. and ignore the ads... scroll down tad.

Welcome to the website of X-ray Photographer Leslie Wright
________________________http://www.fineartradiography.com/ < see example of his work
　

Using an X-ray machine in place of a camera , photographer Leslie Wright, shows us the hidden beauty in the world around us.​

​

The artists work has been featured in several magazines and publications, for non-profit organizations.​

Please proceed to the galleries for a breathtaking look at this transparent world.​

The artists statement
I have always had a keen interest in Science and Technology since a young age,
and my hobby has taken me to places that few have ever seen.
Like a Photographer that has seen the world through their camera, or an
Astronomer that has seen the universe through their telescope,
I am keen to show you the world I have seen through my x-ray machine.
By being creative with my work, it is my intent to bring x-ray photography
out of the realms of science, and create images that have aesthetic appeal,
and invoke excitement, and wonder, in everyone that sees them.
I am by no means the first person in the world to experiment with x-ray art.
Indeed, many people have experimented with x-rays as an art form,
since they were first discovered. I sincerely hope I am not the last.
There is a whole world out there, just waiting to be discovered!
Leslie Wright
__________________
ATM I cannot find way to the Gallery..
the links on the page are not working for me..
http://www.fineartradiography.com/hobbies/lasers/index.html
I want to see his Holog. pages/pics !!!

 

[lasersbee]

Man time flies....
I still have quite a few PHR-803T sleds that still have
the LDs in them. IIRC I also have a box of LD empty
sleds with their optics in the shop somewhere.

I must be a hoarder.....

Jerry

 

[diachi]

~2009 2010 IIRC I sent diachi, who afaik was still living in Scotland, some info on Leslie in case he wanted to meet him.
not sure what happened.

Wright is a photog who (maybe) had an Xray tech day job and got into doing Xray art.
The pic of the Chambered Nautalis is quite interesting.

GL getting the pics to load.. and ignore the ads... scroll down tad.

Welcome to the website of X-ray Photographer Leslie Wright
________________________http://www.fineartradiography.com/ < see example of his work
　

Using an X-ray machine in place of a camera , photographer Leslie Wright, shows us the hidden beauty in the world around us.​

The artists work has been featured in several magazines and publications, for non-profit organizations.​

Please proceed to the galleries for a breathtaking look at this transparent world.​

The artists statement
I have always had a keen interest in Science and Technology since a young age,
and my hobby has taken me to places that few have ever seen.
Like a Photographer that has seen the world through their camera, or an
Astronomer that has seen the universe through their telescope,
I am keen to show you the world I have seen through my x-ray machine.
By being creative with my work, it is my intent to bring x-ray photography
out of the realms of science, and create images that have aesthetic appeal,
and invoke excitement, and wonder, in everyone that sees them.
I am by no means the first person in the world to experiment with x-ray art.
Indeed, many people have experimented with x-rays as an art form,
since they were first discovered. I sincerely hope I am not the last.
There is a whole world out there, just waiting to be discovered!
Leslie Wright
__________________
ATM I cannot find way to the Gallery..
the links on the page are not working for me..
http://www.fineartradiography.com/hobbies/lasers/index.html
I want to see his Holog. pages/pics !!!

I think we ended up chatting, but never met up. Don't think he ever went to any of the UKLEMs I was at or anything and didn't live near Glasgow.

Didn't he have an account on here?

How time flies eh? I remember my first PHR-803T built into an old Romisen 30mW 532nm host.

It'll be my 10 year LPF anniversary next year... Doesn't feel like 10 years...

 

[hakzaw1]

Leslie's (&Sam's) piece on this diode/sled is for sure MORE info than I will ever need.
BUT still a great read..hope you all were able to load some of his pics.

 

[Benm]

Man time flies....
I still have quite a few PHR-803T sleds that still have
the LDs in them. IIRC I also have a box of LD empty
sleds with their optics in the shop somewhere.

I must be a hoarder.....

Jerry

Dunno about hoarding, i think i have one or two complete sleds with those diodes tucked away as well.

Surely more powerful 405s have come along, but they are still pretty solid laser diodes - single mode, easy to extract, not overly fragile, inexpensive, and running at 200 mW or so.

Only real downside is the wavelength, it's just not very visibly attractive, so i suppose interest in it will fade further, apart from niche applications.

 

[RB astro]

Oh wow, how time just flies!
I remember getting a hold of a PHR-803T and trying my luck.
Didn't know what I was doing (not that I know much more now) :crackup:
But it was fun.

It would be years later that I returned to lasers since things got much easier.
You just pay Rick Trent and you get a powerful laser. :crackup:

RB

:beer: