A certain fellow waited till I had his system "fixed" then probably sent his doctoral student to fire it up without RTGDM or asking me. Result, ten Kilobuck Crystal Assembly (replacement cost installed from Manufacturer) blown/hole drilled thru on first high power shot... I found the replacement crystal for 1200$ from a third party, leading to the crystal seller offering me my next job through a mutual friend. You can't fix some issues but you can escape them some times.. That and having laser total power on a mouse driven software slider is not always a great idea.
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Crystal maker asked me if the process was type one or type two three wave mixing, and I guessed correctly... Next job was no picnic either. Thank the Lord I work for a more stable team of people two jobs later... Varying levels of "insane/distorted/twisted/not right in the head" are common in the photonics industry, academia, and almost as common as they are in the laser show industry.
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I'll never forget one memorable conversation: "You have millions of possible signals coming from the laser data, every second, what am I looking for?"... "Send me all the data, I'll know when I see it..."
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I do feel for some of these people, and when I do, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" comes to mind..
Steve
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Qui habet Christos, habet Vitam!
I should have rented the space under my name for advertising.
When I still could have...