Re: Laser
Adam Aglionby
> Hi
> No, not a question on laser levels or pointers, but I have acquired a
> 1000mW 810nm laser and control box. I was told it was functional but
> have not switched it on (it is marked class 4).
> Is there anything entertaining that I can use this for (apart from
> blinding myself)?
added alt.lasers from uk.d-i-y might be able to give you a better idea
810nm as others have commented is Infra Red , not visible to the eye.
1W is enough to cause you problems if you stare into it or its
directly reflected into your eye, so dont go looking down the
barrel ;-)
As a certified laser for medical use etc. with its calibration certs
etc it might be worth a lot , as an ex certified laser probably closer
to worth its weight in scrap unfortunately.Though the PSU might be
worth something.
810nm is not a lot of use as a pump , need 808, to obtain visible
green and there is quite a lot of low cost diodes in the 1W+ class at
these sort of wavelenghts
www.photonlexicon.com may be worth asking as well.
Cheers
Adam
Helpful person
> 810nm is not a lot of use as a pump , need 808, to obtain visible
> green and there is quite a lot of low cost diodes in the 1W+ class at
> these sort of wavelenghts
>
>
> Cheers
> Adam
Surely the difference betrween 808 and 810nm is about 7 degrees C
operating temperature.
Fleetie
> On 5 Jan, 09:48, <address...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> Hi
>> No, not a question on laser levels or pointers, but I have acquired a
>> 1000mW 810nm laser and control box. I was told it was functional but
>> have not switched it on (it is marked class 4).
>> Is there anything entertaining that I can use this for (apart from
>> blinding myself)?
>
> added alt.lasers from uk.d-i-y might be able to give you a better idea
>
> 810nm as others have commented is Infra Red , not visible to the eye.
Incorrect. It's easily visible, albeit with greatly reduced sensitivity.
Martin