1W Green Diodes

[norty303]

650 usd ea if you buy 10 ..

Yep, and so a 2W head is going to cost you ~$1500 to build at those prices (driver, cube, waveplate, collimators, mounts, etc). So 50% more than the equivalent DPSS head.

I expect you can get 1W diodes for similar prices elsewhere if you're buying more than a couple.

They need to get to about $400 each to be equivalent, although above 2W outputs it gets cheaper, as DPSS seem to go up by ~$1k/watt above 2W. You're into different combining methods then though.

[bridge]

As I know, DHOM is sell their equipment and no product lasers anymore.
Do you still can buy lasers from DHOM?

[swamidog]

i don't know.. i know that the prices at ultralasers have recently gotten more expensive and he's added a bunch of new wavelengths, but i don't know his current source for lasers.

As I know, DHOM is sell their equipment and no product lasers anymore.
Do you still can buy lasers from DHOM?

[Dylan]

This isn't a bad price for such a wild piece of gear. That is a very unique brown. lol

[dsli_jon]

You know, brown might not be bad if it was a choice.

..it makes for really otherworldly lumias, I can tell ya that!

Would a broader band green (dual band) improve the cyans and... nice yellow and orange... (and brown)?

Yes, but everyone concerned with the purported '520 brown-frown' keeps forgetting how fundamental the Red is in these equations.. I haven't had a chance to (personally) experiment with a Red other than 640, but.. For sure, if you're using a 637, or 642-650, you'll see a - slight - difference in your 'native palette' (and by that, I mean 'pre-software', just raw optical-comboing..)

..Software can aid in 're-defining colors' (ie: you might need to go in-deep and 're-define' what "yellow" or "orange" is, for example..) to shift, via greater-proportions of one line or another, but.. the Red you start with will make a diff.. I'd like to see, for example, a 'raw, optical-combination chart' (photos.. which might be a lil tricky.. of 520 w/ 637, 640, 642, 650, and - for the heck of it / lumia-purposes, 635 ...each of those + 520. And, it'd be great to have those 'categorized' / segmented by Manuf. (ie: Oclaro Red-X + 520 = [photo], and so on..) for Ref..

..But, indeed, an all-DI Pj with a couple Red-lines, a couple Greens, and 2-3 Blues, maybe a native-Cyan / Violet, would be ideal.. kinda like an Ion laser
..jus sayin'..
j