A 6 diode 445nm build :)

[dave]

Well, I guess the pic speaks for itsself..

I started work on this late arfternoon today, then Aijii dropped over this evening to help put the bits together and align it.. and its still very much a work in progress, but maybe if I find some time tomorrow Ill get a bit more finished ( and I might even add laseorbs if I get around to it )

This module was conceived late last week when a 1/2 waveplate arrived from Simon to test.. So I guess this was primarily a test bed for the waveplate.. And the waveplate works pretty well. A bit of loss, which Ill try to measure at some stage in the coming days.

beam is less than 5mm, less than 2mrad.

Would anybody be interested in a basic kit for this? ( no housing, just a oem style base plate with all the bits and pieces )

Next on the list >10w 445 with a usable beam. And the other colours to add to the mix

[dnar]

Nice Dave. > 10W of 445nm, your a menace to society!

[mixedgas]

Nice Dave. > 10W of 445nm, your a menace to society!

paraphrasing ALL THAT,

"This thread is useless without beam profile pictures."

Steve

[dave]

"This thread is useless without beam pictures."

Soon I guess the beam from the 6W is less than 5mm, less than 2mrad - not super low divergence, but better than a Chinese 5w green in terms of divergence.. I think we can do about the same with ~10W

[MechEng3]

Your planned solution for red???? OPSL?? Nice work there BTW !

[dnar]

paraphrasing ALL THAT,

"This thread is useless without beam profile pictures."

Steve

<LPF mode ON>
Does it pop balloons and cut back tape?

[dave]

paraphrasing ALL THAT,

"This thread is useless without beam profile pictures."

Steve

Work finished this morning, and a pretty poor quality iPhone pic. the spot is just under 5mm Should just fit on a set of DT40's, or will definitely fit on the 6.5mm aperture EMS4000's we will have spare real soon

[Lexat8]

Would anybody be interested in a basic kit for this? ( no housing, just a oem style base plate with all the bits and pieces )

Evening!
Any idea on pricing?

Cheers

Lex

[dave]

Evening!
Any idea on pricing?

Cheers

Lex

OK, here goes

Price wise, I would be looking for $295USD plus shipping.

The kit would include:

Aluminium base plate (anodised )
6 brass diode housings
6 mirror mounts and mirrors
A mount for the wave plate, and all screws.

What you would need to supply would be:

6 o-like lenses
6 445nm diodes
drivers( 2 flexmods will do all 6 diodes )
a 1/2 wave plate (p1t8ull will be doing a group buy soon )
a pbs cube
optional tec and driver

[swamidog]

would you actually need a waveplate? can't you just rotate some diodes for h-pol and the others for v-pol?

OK, here goes

Price wise, I would be looking for $295USD plus shipping.

The kit would include:

Aluminium base plate (anodised )
6 brass diode housings
6 mirror mounts and mirrors
A mount for the wave plate, and all screws.

What you would need to supply would be:

6 o-like lenses
6 445nm diodes
drivers( 2 flexmods will do all 6 diodes )
a 1/2 wave plate (p1t8ull will be doing a group buy soon )
a pbs cube
optional tec and driver