445nm

[aijii]

I just want to profess my love for 445nm. Especially 1 watt of it.

*mwah*

[GooeyGus]

I just want to profess my love for 445nm. Especially 1 watt of it.

*mwah*

I've never seen it in person

Closest I have is 50mW of 442nm.... which is gorgeous.

[allthatwhichis]

I am very happy with a half watt of it.

[dave]

Very bad photo, but lots of deep blue love here

[Phritzler]

Hello!
Yes, the 445nm are generally nice. But for me it is a bit to violet, the magenta colors are beautyful, but the Cyancolors a bith milky/whitysh and has a "big" color room, so it fades fast from 445nm dark blue to green cyan and green!
Generally I like the 457nm more.
Also the problem on the 445nm is the beam. The 500mW diodes upwards have a bad beam. 3,5*1,5mm at output and after >20m it is really a rectangle! That isn´t nice if you must go on longer distances.
And principially you can´t do more than 3, maximum 4W , more isn´t possible with a good beam. Pointly you didn´t want have the beams like the chinese 635nm 500mW widestripe lasers.
Yes, there are guys who coubles 12Diodes.... But if you have 12diodes, side by side, you will have a >3*6mm beam with 1mrad. Now you collimate it to 4*2mm, good, but have 1,3mrad!! That isn´t really nice.

Greets,
Phil