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I have been meaning to post this for over a month, but lacked some decent beam shots. I think these should do for now. This build was done using the NDB7675 462nm diode driven at 1.8 amps with an X-Drive and using a G2 lens for an optical power of 1770 mW. I measured the wavelength at threshold current and it was 461nm. But, at 1.8 amps it increased in wavelength by 4nm to 465nm.
This first photo is of the diode pressed in a TO-5 copper module from DTR and seated in the copper heat sink.
https://i.imgur.com/kA5UhKYl.jpg
This is the entire host apart with the two 16340 batteries I ordered specifically for this build. They were advertised as 700 mAh, but when I tested them one was 600 mAh and the other was 560 mAh.
This is the host as it looks fully assembled. The X-Drive was soldered to the diode's pins to save space as there wasn't enough room to try to separate the two.
Here is a beam shot in the dark at my front door from inside my house.
Here is another beam shot in the well lit room, but the beam isn't very visible. You can see from the color of the room that the beam is very bright. In fact is is much brighter than my 2200 mW 445nm laser in an MS Envy host.
These two beam shots were done tonight as it had finally stopped raining here after doing so for ten days straight. These show the color of the laser pretty well.
Thanks for having a look at this newest of lasers to my collection.
This first photo is of the diode pressed in a TO-5 copper module from DTR and seated in the copper heat sink.
https://i.imgur.com/kA5UhKYl.jpg
This is the entire host apart with the two 16340 batteries I ordered specifically for this build. They were advertised as 700 mAh, but when I tested them one was 600 mAh and the other was 560 mAh.
This is the host as it looks fully assembled. The X-Drive was soldered to the diode's pins to save space as there wasn't enough room to try to separate the two.
Here is a beam shot in the dark at my front door from inside my house.
Here is another beam shot in the well lit room, but the beam isn't very visible. You can see from the color of the room that the beam is very bright. In fact is is much brighter than my 2200 mW 445nm laser in an MS Envy host.
These two beam shots were done tonight as it had finally stopped raining here after doing so for ten days straight. These show the color of the laser pretty well.
Thanks for having a look at this newest of lasers to my collection.
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