Has anybody ever used or seen Corning Fibrance? (Like EL Wire)

[Rivem]

I've set up a feeler for a group buy:http://laserpointerforums.com/f55/f...light-dispersion-fiber-96700.html#post1408068

It's like EL wire but using lasers. Looks a lot more flexible and brighter. It's expensive from online shops, but maybe it's cheaper from other sources. Seems like you could take a bunch of blue diodes and make your house into a Tron set.

Here's the product page.

 

[Flaminpyro]

Re: Has anybody ever used or seen Corning Fibrance? (Looks Cool)

I could have some fun with this stuff for sure



That is 90 meters and this 1000mW laser is making it to the end :eg:
It is not a true fiber optic cable it is a light pipe meant to convey light only a few inches inside the dash of a car.

 

[Rivem]

Re: Has anybody ever used or seen Corning Fibrance? (Looks Cool)

I could have some fun with this stuff for sure



That is 90 meters and this 1000mW laser is making it to the end :eg:
It is not a true fiber optic cable it is a light pipe meant to convey light only a few inches inside the dash of a car.

Fibrance definitely looks awesome, but the price seems prohibitive. These are the only sellers I could find:
http://www.ellumiglow.com/laser-wire
Maybe a group buy from Corning would be a lot cheaper if we could get a bunch of people on board.:thinking:

Where'd you get the stuff pictured though? I'm definitely interested in something along these lines.

 

[Rivem]

Anybody interested in a group buy?

 

[Razako]

Maybe if the price went down from $500. That's just a bit steep.

 

[RedCowboy]

Looks like fun, but the price is high.

 

[Rivem]

Maybe if the price went down from $500. That's just a bit steep.

$500 is for the development kit which includes a lot of extras and high quality <5mW custom lasers. The fiber itself should be a lot cheaper. A reseller has the fiber at $22.50 per meter, so a group buy directly from Corning shouldn't be too high.

 

[Cyparagon]

I don't see why you couldn't make your own. Grab some $1 TOSLINK, strip the jacket, and rough the plastic fiber with sandpaper.

 

[Rivem]

I don't see why you couldn't make your own. Grab some $1 TOSLINK, strip the jacket, and rough the plastic fiber with sandpaper.

That might be true. I've been wondering about the internal structure of this stuff. It looks pretty evenly lit along its length no matter the angle, so I'm sure there's something moderately unique going on. Maybe it's not all that special though. I'd assume light dissipation would more significantly decrease along the length of the fiber, and a very low divergence beam should dissipate a lot more in curved sections. Somebody would have to experiment a bit to see. It'd be great if something like this was that cheap and easy.