LASERSCOPE ORION for sale

[dave]

I remember after the incident in las vegas and laserscope was wanting to detach their name from the entertainment business PERMANTLY. The stock holders were in a rage because of the incident.

Hey Pat,

Would you mind telling what happened in Vegas? Or does what happened in Vegas stay in Vegas?

[smogthemog]

Drama over.. Item Sold

Oh, thats OK then

Drama over

Drama just begun - maybe!

[Laserman532]

Hey Pat,

Would you mind telling what happened in Vegas? Or does what happened in Vegas stay in Vegas?

let google be your friend - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...0/ai_18317967/

[Laserman532]

Drama over.. Item Sold

I have another .... LOL

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[ElektroFreak]

20 watts CW from a big argon is a lot of light, and in the wrong circumstances it can be dangerous. 20 watts PULSED from a laserscope is *always* dangerous, and is absolutely unsuitable for anything but aerial effects performed with the utmost caution. The very first time you make a mistake with one of these, someone gets hurt. They're worse than dangerous, they're downright scary. (Remember: the *intended* use of these things was to burn human flesh!)

Adam

20W average from a pulsed laser would be at least a few kW per pulse, if not a few MW.. but I'm not sure what the pulse rate is on these. Regardless, they're EXTREMELY dangerous.

[buffo]

If memory serves, I think the high end for pulse rep rate on these things is around 15Khz or so... But being Q-switched, the pulse width is very narrow, so yeah, the per-pulse power is still 10's of KW even at that high pulse rep frequency.

Drop down to lower pulse rep rates and you'd be into the 100's of KW per pulse, but I don't think they'll quite reach MW levels.

Nevertheless, they are freakin' dangerous (as you pointed out), and should be treated with enormous respect, if not a little fear. (I personally fear pulsed lasers in general, and Laserscopes in particular, and would never own one.)

Adam

PS: For true MW-per-pulse power, look into some of the larger CVL's. Clandestiny has one that reaches a peak power of several megawatts per pulse.

[Laserman532]

If memory serves, I think the high end for pulse rep rate on these things is around 15Khz or so... But being Q-switched, the pulse width is very narrow, so yeah, the per-pulse power is still 10's of KW even at that high pulse rep frequency.

Drop down to lower pulse rep rates and you'd be into the 100's of KW per pulse, but I don't think they'll quite reach MW levels.

Nevertheless, they are freakin' dangerous (as you pointed out), and should be treated with enormous respect, if not a little fear. (I personally fear pulsed lasers in general, and Laserscopes in particular, and would never own one.)

Adam


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PS: For true MW-per-pulse power, look into some of the larger CVL's. Clandestiny has one that reaches a peak power of several megawatts per pulse.

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[Doc]

20W average from a pulsed laser would be at least a few kW per pulse, if not a few MW.. but I'm not sure what the pulse rate is on these. Regardless, they're EXTREMELY dangerous.

1020hz 12.6J/cm2

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf/k990718.pdf

[Diachi]

1020hz 12.6J/cm2

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf/k990718.pdf

6.3kW peak at that energy with a pulse width of 2ms as stated in the datasheet.

BUT that is just the first pulse.


q-switch pulse width is 500-850ns. Assuming 12.6J per pusle with a pulse width of 500ns that would be 25,200,000W. So I've over estimated the energy per pulse by the looks of things.


P=E/t
P=12.6/500*10^9
P=25,200,000
P=25.2MW.

I'd imagine Steve or Pat would know what the energy for each pulse would be?

[Laserman532]

6.3kW peak at that energy with a pulse width of 2ms as stated in the datasheet.

BUT that is just the first pulse.


q-switch pulse width is 500-850ns. Assuming 12.6J per pusle with a pulse width of 500ns that would be 25,200,000W. So I've over estimated the energy per pulse by the looks of things.


P=E/t
P=12.6/500*10^9
P=25,200,000
P=25.2MW.

some pulse widths can be <100ns it dosnt matter what the actual numbers are really...tissue dosnt like it.