Recent content by Tektryx

Wow, amazing!

Lots of IC's come with their pins stuck into black conductive foam blocks- you could stick 2 or 3 diodes in one block for storage, or tear off a small piece for one diode (which can be left in place while soldering leads to the diode- just use a pair of needle-nose pliers or tweezers to pull the...

Does it have the SMA connector on it or is it a raw end? If the connector is there, several of the collimators at Thor will work- look for those with the SMA connector, an NA the same or larger than your pigtail, and AR coatings that work for the wavelength of the laser. Pretty spendy items...

Ahh, one more thing... by 'standard', I mean the laser of known output that serves as the baseline or 'standard' that you are measuring against (just to clarify should the term 'standard' be mistaken for "ordinary') And, the 'meter' that is used for measuring is used in the generic sense. For...

<Had to remove URL to meter page as I am too new and can't use links yet :) > This meter is set up for a 'photopic' response, that is, the human eye response (the CIE Photopic Curve mentioned at the web page). The filter that forces this response very likely cuts the NIR around 600nm. I suppose...

Nice to be here, thanks! Ah yes, that unit of laserosity known as the 'Gillette' :) Oh how I wanted to build a ruby laser! But I was just a kid then. My very very first knowledge of lasers came from My Weekly Reader, a publication handed out to us in grade school. It was '61, I was in the 2nd...

Indeed, I've been lurking here for a couple weeks, so the L4 moniker is pretty accurate :) I used the 25 ohm rheostat coupled to 5 ohms of 'safety' resistance (2 10's in parallel)- running from a 6v lantern battery (the kind that are about the size of a large coffee mug, but block-shaped). I...

New to forum- just had to join because MY NEW LASER WORKS PERFECTLY!! ;D0 Got the red diodes pre-installed into optics from SenKat, used Daedal's driver diagram and RS parts, and holy-moly, I just cut my first piece of electrical tape in half! Assembly took all of a half hour! I built my...