laser dictionary????

[chipdouglas]

Hey all,

can some body point me in the direction towards a refference tool that explains some of the laser lingo? ex.. TEC, LOC, stuff like that. some of it i manage to put together but its tough. :-/


thanks

michael

 

[Traveller]

...towards a reference tool that explains some of the laser lingo?

I'm also relatively new to the field and I'm finding these two sites quite helpful. Wikipedia is also a very nice source too!

http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm

http://www.rp-photonics.com/encyclopedia.html

 

[L@z3r]

TEC= Thermal Eletric cooling.
LOC= Long open can( Red diode)

Google is your friend.
I understand its hard to keep up with all this stuff if your new to the Interwebz

 

[rocketparrotlet]

TEC= thermoelectric cooling (cooling system for lasers)
LOC= long open can (diode type)
mW= milliwatt (measure of power)
mA= milliamps (measure of current)
nm= nanometers (measure of wavelength)
PHR/PHR-803T= blu-ray diode (405nm)
4x/6x= blu-ray diodes (stronger than PHR's)
Opto= Optotronics (good laser company)
LG= Laserglow (good laser company)
Nova= Novalasers (good laser company)
WL= Wickedlasers (bad laser company)
TL= Techlasers (Wickedlasers' alias, bad)
DX= Dealextreme (cheap Chinese stuff, inc. lasers)
KD= like DX (more cheap Chinese stuff)
LC= Laser Community (WL's crap forum, full of censorship)
PL= Photon Lexicon (laser forum)
SF= Spectra Forum (laser forum)
LE= Laser Enthusiast (laser forum, harsh rivalry with c0ldshadow)
CPF= Candle Power Forums (flashlight forum, with a lasers section)

I think that covers a lot of it. Anything else?

-Mark

 

[potatorage]

"the" is any word that is censored, like the, the, the, the, and the

 

[Traveller]

Anything else?

Just out of curiosity, is spectra Forums considered a viable "source" by LPF members... ?

 

[daguin]

]"the" is any word that is censored, like the, the, the, the, and the

OH the!

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[rocketparrotlet]

The funny thing is, you don't know whether you are actually typing "the" or a swear word...like when someone says "the you!", it always makes me wonder whether they actually typed out the swear word. Probably.

-Mark

 

[ElektroFreak]

Go with the RP photonics site in Traveller's post above. It's pretty much all there.

 

[chipdouglas]

;D thanks guys. This really helped alot. and rocketparrotlet what you typed was really good.

 

[rocketparrotlet]

;D thanks guys. This really helped alot. and rocketparrotlet what you typed was really good.

Thanks! If you have any more questions, let me know.

-Mark

 

[alx]

TEC= thermoelectric cooling (cooling system for lasers)
KD= like DX (more cheap Chinese stuff)

I think that covers a lot of it. Anything else?

-Mark

Yes:

GB = ? What it mean GB diodes?
Bare Diode = what they mean?

Also, can you post KD website? Is the same as DX?

alx

 

[Ace82]

GB = http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?board=group_buys

Bare Diode I'm assuming is a diode already extracted from sled, so it's by it's self and not in a module.

 

[alx]

aha.... GB = sleds are considered "Defected" and only the diodes and a few optics are good?

alx

 

[pseudolobster]

GB = Group Buy (where a number of members pool their money together to buy from a wholesaler)

While there have been some group buys for "defective sleds", really anything can be bought in a group.

 

[FireMyLaser]

Erm, we have an FAQ lol.

http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?virboard=b_general;num=1206843997

Chad should probably update it with some of the content here.