Hi everyone,
I'm just in the process of starting an open source project on creating a sun-pumped laser using a YAG rod. I'm not a physician but a product designer and want to make a open source sun-powered laser cutter (or to start with engraver) which is (once working) to be used in off-grid environments in the ever growing off-grid cities of the world but also in rural setting where there is no electricity. I am really interested in the hacking culture of devices to produce a guide using readymade materials like the rod and the mirror set up in combination with a large fresnel lens focussing the light into fiber optics and from what i understand there needs to be a proper cooling system to not brake the crystal. Anyone who has got some advise on this subject or tried to build one already please share the knowledge its for a good cause but also a really current subject.
Best wishes,
m
I'm just in the process of starting an open source project on creating a sun-pumped laser using a YAG rod. I'm not a physician but a product designer and want to make a open source sun-powered laser cutter (or to start with engraver) which is (once working) to be used in off-grid environments in the ever growing off-grid cities of the world but also in rural setting where there is no electricity. I am really interested in the hacking culture of devices to produce a guide using readymade materials like the rod and the mirror set up in combination with a large fresnel lens focussing the light into fiber optics and from what i understand there needs to be a proper cooling system to not brake the crystal. Anyone who has got some advise on this subject or tried to build one already please share the knowledge its for a good cause but also a really current subject.
Best wishes,
m