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Tesladownunder
Sat Feb 18 2006, 05:00AM Print
Tesladownunder Registered Member #10 Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 09:45AM
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 		Just received a Cyonics Uniphase 2201RD-40MLA Argon laser from eBay. Nice bright sky blue beam which is nominally rated at 40mW. Draws 10A at 110V but can be turned down to about 5mW and draws 5A.
My $10 UK Army goggles block it almost completely.


Peter
1140238804 10 FT0 Laserarfront
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Carbon_Rod
Sat Feb 18 2006, 05:33AM
Carbon_Rod Registered Member #65 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 06:43AM
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 		TDU, I so have laser envy right now... ;D
But, I am always on the look-out for a krypton laser and a band chopper.

What mode is it?
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Tesladownunder
Sat Feb 18 2006, 06:35AM
Tesladownunder Registered Member #10 Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 09:45AM
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 		It is a multiline laser with the main lines being blue 488nm and green 514.5nm.

The beam here is split with a 15000 lpi diffaction grating and the first order spectrum passed through fluorescein which filters it to green only.

I would like to filter it to the violet beam only. The violet line is the leftmost one but the colour doesn't reproduce well.

This was only AU $355 on eBay and I have seen one go for around $1500 a few years ago.

Peter
1140244546 10 FT1342 Laserarspectrafluoresc
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Hazmatt_(The Underdog)
Sat Feb 18 2006, 06:40AM
Hazmatt_(The Underdog) Registered Member #135 Joined: Sat Feb 11 2006, 12:06AM
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 		pretty!

what's its common application?
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ragnar
Sat Feb 18 2006, 06:49AM
ragnar Registered Member #63 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 06:18AM
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 		I used to have an 80mW argon-ion laser... purportedly came from a medicinal application.

Just watch out for all that beryllium oxide shrouded around the tube... if that shatters you're supposed to call a HAZMAT team.. probably enough BeO in each of these lasers to pollute a few cubic kilometres of air if you powdered it :-/

yours looks in very nice nick.. the umbilical cord on mine had been cut between the power supply and the laser, and I had to work out where everything went... about forty conductors, and not many of them power. d'oh. =P
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Tesladownunder
Sat Feb 18 2006, 06:49AM
Tesladownunder Registered Member #10 Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 09:45AM
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 		According to Sam's FAQ, argon ion lasers have been used in printers, forensics, ophthalmology (I think my ophthalmologist uses one), holography and laser shows.
They are the original green laser before the DPSS ones came along and generally superseded them.

This is a pic out of my shed with a 10mW HeNe for comparison.

Peter

1140245350 10 FT1342 Laserarheneshed
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Omicron
Sun Apr 02 2006, 04:24AM
Omicron Registered Member #131 Joined: Fri Feb 10 2006, 09:25PM
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 		Can you burn stuff with it? 40 mi. is strong…
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Marko
Sun Apr 02 2006, 07:48AM
Marko Registered Member #89 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 02:40PM
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 		I doubt. Maybe pop a baloon after a long battle...
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mikeselectricstuff
Mon Apr 03 2006, 09:48AM
mikeselectricstuff Registered Member #311 Joined: Sun Mar 12 2006, 08:28PM
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 		40mW should melt dark coloured plastic (e.g. electrical tape) and maybe just singe thin black paper, assuming the beam size is small (<2mm)
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Bored Chemist
Mon Apr 03 2006, 04:52PM
Bored Chemist Registered Member #193 Joined: Fri Feb 17 2006, 07:04AM
Location: sheffield
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 		"what's its common application?"
Making us jealous.
smile
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