405 nm

[keeperx]

is it a "lab" style laser, tec cooled?

[thesk8nmidget]

lab style yes but not tec cooled.

here is a picture of james's setup i have now recently upgraded the heat sink to a new design which i think is much better
(this is just the diode module and heatsink, power and driver not pictured)

[thesk8nmidget]

here is it in action

[James Lehman]

NICE pic!

No I haven't pointed it into scanners yet.

I have to get a hunk of Aluminum.

I made another trade for an analog red.

I'm wating for it to be built.

Now that I have some dichros, all I need is an analog mod greenie!

It's going to be so much fun to be able to play with RGB anytime I want to.

I almost never fire up my Argon. I just can't see wasting the tube by turning it on and off for short periods of time.

James.

[thesk8nmidget]

what color is your argon?

thats exciting to get the red already coming! whats the plan for green?

[James Lehman]

My Argon gives me 519 green, 488 cyan, 476 blue. The blue is pretty weak. I get my 632 red from a HeNe. It's all modulated with a 4ch PCAOM. And it's all better since it all got tweaked up at SELEM by mixedgas and DZ.

Do you have a good choice for a greenie?

James.

[thesk8nmidget]

i would say a greeny from laserwave.



i love mine

[James Lehman]

i would say a greeny from laserwave.



i love mine

Thanks. I'll take a look!

Here's a noob question...

Are these dichros coated on one side or both sides? Is there a wrong way to put these mirrors into these mounts?

Thanks!

James.

PS. I examined them closely and I could not tell the difference from one side to the other. So I went ahead and put them in the mounts.

These things are pretty!

[drlava]

Thanks. I'll take a look!

Here's a noob question...

Are these dichros coated on one side or both sides? Is there a wrong way to put these mirrors into these mounts?

Thanks!

James.

They typically are one-side reflective coated. You want to mount it so the reflecting surface is toward the laser that will be bounced.

[James Lehman]

Now that you mention it, on closer exmination, it looks like one side of each one of these dichros has a more obvious ghost image of another color. I'm assuming that is the wrong side.

James.