Recent content by clamport

Hello all, I'm relatively new to lasers but I love playing with new things. I recently came across a shop that was offering Erbium laser rods for a pretty decent price, and I was wondering what kind of amplification power something like this would give? I love tinkering, and I was curious...

Hello all, first time poster long time lurker :D So I'm screwing around with some diodes that I salvaged from CDRW drives and I had a couple questions. I got gifted 24 of these drives, and I've gutted them for the parts. I have grabbed out all the lasers that are attached to their own tiny...