Is this a CO2 laser?

[diachi]

the gas fill system also sits beside the cathode area if I remember correctly.

 

[GooeyGus]

The outer portion of the tube is 100% glass, this is where the water flows. Then there is an inner layer which is about 30% glass, and like diachi says under the magnet there is a BeO tube (so it goes magnet, glass, flowing water, BeO then argon plasma) so the Beo is completely surrounded by a glass water jacket. It really is insane how they got these things to last so long... but here it is, 20+ years later, and it still makes way over rated power.

 

[Laser_Ben]

solid state is nice... but it will never be as sexy....

I beg to differ

 

[Krutz]

great! a "sexiest laser" vote! op:

(what the hell is there in the tweezers?!? looks awesome!)

manuel

 

[diachi]

great! a "sexiest laser" vote! op:

(what the hell is there in the tweezers?!? looks awesome!)

manuel

It's a white LED, he's shining a blue laser on it ( white LEDs are actually blue LEDs with a phosphor coating which emits green and red when the light from the blue LED strikes it, making white from RGB ) so with the blue laser it looks white.

 

[diachi]

The outer portion of the tube is 100% glass, this is where the water flows. Then there is an inner layer which is about 30% glass, and like diachi says under the magnet there is a BeO tube (so it goes magnet, glass, flowing water, BeO then argon plasma) so the Beo is completely surrounded by a glass water jacket. It really is insane how they got these things to last so long... but here it is, 20+ years later, and it still makes way over rated power.

Well it was pat that helped you tune it so well. I swear he could probably make a coke bottle lase if he wanted to. Just by looking at it.

They are pretty amazing pieces of engineering though, built to last, and last they do.

How many hours has that tube got on it anyway ?

 

[GooeyGus]

Well it was pat that helped you tune it so well. I swear he could probably make a coke bottle lase if he wanted to. Just by looking at it.

They are pretty amazing pieces of engineering though, built to last, and last they do.

How many hours has that tube got on it anyway ?

He said mine is one of the nicest 168's he'd seen in a long time... thinks it will do 9W at full blast :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

 

[GooeyGus]

mmmm..... gassy

 

[diachi]

He said mine is one of the nicest 168's he'd seen in a long time... thinks it will do 9W at full blast :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

Just your luck

 

[Arenared]

Nice work

 

[Laser_Ben]

Damn dude, can you post something other then "Nice work"? You have posted that in six threads now. Stop spamming.

 

[Cyparagon]

Did someone say gas?

 

[diachi]

Hehe, show off

 

[pianoman2011]

For comparison here is a multi-WATT green laser:

Haha is that solder wraped around the pins to keep the diode from ES discharge?

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

I thought the anode end was the output in an ArIon. The cathode (hot emitter) is at the back on mine.

HMike

 

[Cyparagon]

That's right most of the time. But not in Gus's spectra physics.