Hey there-
Haven't posted in a long time. I'm working at a Highschool and just found out that our science department has a bunch of optics equipment sitting around they used to use with HeNe <5mW laser. The old laser they used is now broken. One of the teachers was wondering if I could help him find a good replacement laser.
My personal laser interests have been in high powered DPSS green lasers. I'm wondering what you all think would be the best option for a safe but powerful laser that would work both for in door optics demonstrations as well as outdoor astronomy (could still be with AC power hooked up). I'm thinking a 20ish mW green dpss laser would work well but there are obvious safety concerns.
I'm also curious if you all have a particular manufacturer to recommend. There seems to be a huge variability in cost in laser modules.... eg $5 Red Diode lasers vs, $1,500 Lab style diode lasers. We'd want something safe and reliable but not too spendy.
Haven't posted in a long time. I'm working at a Highschool and just found out that our science department has a bunch of optics equipment sitting around they used to use with HeNe <5mW laser. The old laser they used is now broken. One of the teachers was wondering if I could help him find a good replacement laser.
My personal laser interests have been in high powered DPSS green lasers. I'm wondering what you all think would be the best option for a safe but powerful laser that would work both for in door optics demonstrations as well as outdoor astronomy (could still be with AC power hooked up). I'm thinking a 20ish mW green dpss laser would work well but there are obvious safety concerns.
I'm also curious if you all have a particular manufacturer to recommend. There seems to be a huge variability in cost in laser modules.... eg $5 Red Diode lasers vs, $1,500 Lab style diode lasers. We'd want something safe and reliable but not too spendy.