What equipment do you want to see developed?

[Atomicrox]

The point is being able to tell which diodes are high or low wavelength - a 515nm could actually be 511nm and would be rares/more valuable. There's enough variation in a single diode model to make binning useful.

 

[H2Oxide]

The point is being able to tell which diodes are high or low wavelength - a 515nm could actually be 511nm and would be rares/more valuable. There's enough variation in a single diode model to make binning useful.

I suppose, but that's still a really small market. I mean consider how many laser hobbiests are out there, and then consider how many of them buy lots and lots of diodes looking for defectives. Plus, with an inaccuracy of even 3nm, you wouldn't be able to tell if it was actually 511nm or if it was 514nm and the spectro was off.

or multiple sensor ccd like the CP concept, while you're at it make them lcd screen with digital magnification.

Ooh, Can't wait for CP. Too bad it's 2 years away.

 

[Atomicrox]

You sort of can. All you have to do is see what wavelength 532nm meters at.

But yeah, the "market" for anything here will be small, unless it's for high power/low price lasers (and then he'd have to compete with the Chinese).

 

[H2Oxide]

But yeah, the "market" for anything here will be small, unless it's for high power/low price lasers (and then he'd have to compete with the Chinese).

Not necessarily. If he were to really commit to this, he could exploit some previously-explored laser technologies that are currently unavailable or hard to obtain commercially (such as HeSe, Pr:YLF, Gd2O3:Er upconversion etc.).

If he could make it viable for hobbiests then not only would there be a market here, but also at universities and research groups. Possibly even the medical field as well.

Then again, he is looking to develop laser-related equipment, not lasers