post a pic?
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the old axicon thread went pretty quiet didnt itOriginally Posted by drlava
post a pic?
Pat B
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Steve R Wrote:
Care to elaborate or post pics or details?The Axicons are here!
Steve-o!
Where the hell have you been? Haven't seen you in ages dude...
The axicons are for combining multiple diodes into a single beam. It's an alternative to the time-honored (but very cumbersome) knife-edge mirror trick.
Imagine the sharpened tip of a pencil. Now imagine that instead of a round cone, you had 4 flat faces that tapered to a point. That's what an axicon looks like, except that the faces are mirrors (obviously). There's even a design where the very center (where the pencil lead would be) is drilled out so that a 5th beam can come up through the center.
These aren't ready to be tested yet. Steve Roberts and Mike Lawson worked together to get the design hammered out, and Mike just finished polishing the faces of the test samples. Now Steve has to get them coated so they'll reflect the beams... My guess is that he'll have something in a month or so.
Then he has to build a mount for the thing, not to mention the 4 adjustable mounts for the diodes... Lots of work still to do!
Adam
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Steve R is busy trying to survive right now. I cant even legally tell you guys where I'm at now. Hush Hush project.
Steve
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can I come? I just love that kind of stuff, sort of like james bond. It is kind of eerrrieee when they watch you take a pee tho.
Pat B
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corporate hush hush, I'm here interviewing and I cannot disclose the facility location , I'm quite sure they will NOT watch me pee. the penalities for a infraction around here mean you wont make it off the campus in one piece. front end loader parked by the building.can I come? I just love that kind of stuff, sort of like james bond. It is kind of eerrrieee when they watch you take a pee tho.
Steve
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Ohhhh, Trust me...they ARE watching you pee. That sensor on the urinal is not just to flush the toilet. Remember I worked at sandia and LLNL and SLAC for MANY years
Pat B
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Been there, done that, got the t-shirt & selling it in a garage sale.
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the place I used to work for, the keyboard monitoring virus crashed windows about 4 times a month.Ohhhh, Trust me...they ARE watching you pee. That sensor on the urinal is not just to flush the toilet. Remember I worked at sandia and LLNL and SLAC for MANY years
Steve
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Buffo Wrote:
Hey Adam! I've been doing the music thing over on myspace, bandmix and a couple of other places (not to mention the extensive job-hunting after my layoff :\ ) lol.Steve-o!
Where the hell have you been? Haven't seen you in ages dude...
How are you after your surgery? Feeling better I hope.
Yeah I followed the axicon thread for a while, didnt think it would become a reality, but it popped-up the other day. It's an interesting thing. Looking forward to seeing the progress and developement.
If anybody's interested in hearing my tunes, there here:
http://www.myspace.com/zxyz1
(I'm "zxyz" over there)..
(I can use all the hits I can take, please visit many times hehe)
Thanx!!
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