CuBr vs Laserscope

[aijii]

Guys,

Having a debate with Dave at the moment as to what is a better overall solution for large/outdoor/overhead beamshows...

Would be interested to get some opinons from people who have experience using either cubrs or laserscopes (or both).

Here are the plusses/minuses of each as I see them:

Laserscope Plusses:
Big pulsed power -40W plus
Decent CW power (if you find a good laser) - can someone clarify what kinds of CW powers are realistically attainable ? I'm hearing anything from 2W to 20W.. but whats realistic

Laserscope Minusses:
Big fuckoff heavy washing machine enclosure
Lots of work to convert to something approaching portable
Only Green
Air Cooleds are still water cooled - and need to watch out for ambient temperature
Can blow chunks off the KTP if not careful
A lot to align (hence a lot to go wrong) <- somebody want to clarify this for me ?
need 40amp 240VAC socket
....

CuBr Plusses:
Green/Gold output
Less work required to make a portable laser projector
Aircooled
less power draw than laserscope
CuBr just wants to lase, so not a lot to go wrong in terms of alignment <-somebody care to clarify this for me, again ?

CuBr Minusses:
Not as powerful
needs a warm up and cool down
have to replace tubes every xxx hours
no CW output

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[Laser Zone]

Dont forget about this !

[buffo]

Wait until Clandestiny gets back from Europe, then ask him!

Adam

[Laserman532]

CuBr=gay

ktp = not gay

[carlos3621]

CuBr=gay

ktp = not gay

What he said,,, Gold is Gay

[300EVIL]

CuBr is to.....



As KTP is to....





Just kidding... They are both cool in my book.

[Laserman532]

cubr is to.....



as ktp is to....





just kidding... They are both cool in my book.

or it could be a cross between these two people to get this!

[dave]

CuBr=gay

ktp = not gay

HAHAHHAHAHA,

I have been trying to tel Adrian this!

The big plus is being able to run the scope CW

[dave]

Dont forget about this !

HAHA, 70W, whooot

[Laserman532]

here is the skinny on running laserscopes CW...they are not meant to run CW they will average between 8 to 15 watts CW but with the current being > 32 amps you run a great risk of blowing out your output coupler due to the high circulating powers. The laserscope likes to run q-switched not CW.