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How to make a Co2 laser?

Memories -- This is where I started 30 years ago in lasers. A CO2 with gold mirrors, NaCl window. Mix your gas and apply 30,000+ volts. Now adjust the mirrors HOT !!!! I finally afforded ZnSe mirrors and a NeNe to allign.....

HINT -- Buy a tube (not from Drivine 2000) and find a power supply. Be careful and have fun.

Mike
 





Where does the power supply get electricity? From the wall outlet? (where do you plug it in to?)
 
Spyderz20x6 said:
Where does the power supply get electricity? From the wall outlet? (where do you plug it in to?)
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yup it plugs in - not sure where else you'd get around 1KW of power from
 
the carbon dioxide is sealed inside the glass tube the same way a Helium Neon laser does
 
Spyderz20x6 said:
OH!!! Are there any other laser tubes for sale that work like a c02 laser?
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Are you trolling? It's getting hard to tell.
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MarioMaster said:
yup it plugs in - not sure where else you'd get around 1KW of power from
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Mine only takes 300W or so not including fan/pump etc. They're very efficient (up to 20%) topped only by diode lasers as far as I know.
 
Spyderz20x6 said:
OH!!! Are there any other laser tubes for sale that work like a c02 laser?
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HeNe , Argon , N[sub]2[/sub] , Copper vapour....I guess a quick google search would've done the same, but oh well.....it's no use. :-/
 
Right... i can't find any places where i can get these laser tubes. Which ones are more powerful? They don't sell anything but c02 on ebay.
 
Spyderz20x6 said:
Right... i can't find any places where i can get these laser tubes. Which ones are more powerful? They don't sell anything but c02 on ebay.
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CO2 is the most powerful. Cu vapour is also super awesome cause it's green :P
 
Spyderz20x6 said:
Right... i can't find any places where i can get these laser tubes. Which ones are more powerful? They don't sell anything but c02 on ebay.
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if you had done a simple search you'd know that isn't true. Ebay is littered with argon/hene/co2 lasers
 
Spyderz20x6 said:
1. They are all low power.
2. I typed in "laser tube", and found very few items.
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I don't think you're gonna find any lowpowered CO2s.And there's bound to be a high power Argon somewhere. :P
 
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