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I know that LaserWave is working on a pass 473 reflect 445 dichro but I'm in a bit of a rush and am having a hard time finding out if that one will be done in time.
I have found this but its pricey;
http://www.semrock.com/Catalog/Detai...&CategoryID=83 $195
Does anyone know if the laserwave 405 dichro will work "at all" to combine 445 with 473?
Also, does anyone know ANYWHERE that I can get a reflect 445 pass everything else for a good price?
Thanks,
-Brooks
You wont find any cheap ones around but I have in my posession a couple of pass 473 reflect 445 dichros
Yes they are for sale but as they actually belong to a customer of mine I will have to check the price
Rob
Cool, Just hit me up with a price when you can.
-Brooks
*retardo
The 405 Dichro from semrock will not work to combine 445 with 473, I am using it combine 405 with 445 and 473. It it somewhere aroun 90-95% efficient at passing 445 and everything above it.Quote:
Originally Posted by KGB
BUMP....
....... Doesn't anyone have one of these diodes combined with 473 in a RGB? How did you do it?
-Brooks
A PBS cube coated from 473 might work okay with 445 too. I'm not sure how well but thats what I plan to do. combining the two blues with a PBS prevents your other lasers from being subject to the loss of passing through a dichro.
I was also thinking about this option but wasn't too sure. Never used a pbs before. Anyways, this may work for me if nobody can come up with a source of dichro's under $150.
So what would be a good place to get a 473 pbs and how much 445 would it kill? any ideas.......?
Thanks yall,
-Brooks
Speak to insanity on here, he did this 12 months ago and got very good results.Quote:
Originally Posted by KGB
Speak to Rob about the new LW RGB dichros. Mine was pass blue but reflecting a whole lotta 445 so we think they're optimized for 473 :) I haven't measured just how much was getting reflected (and that was off the uncoated face) but transmission of 445 was only about 10%
A PBS will work (I have used a laserwave one - same as Mark used) but it depends on how well polarised your 473 is. Its easy to rotate a diode (445) but not a 473 head so there may be losses of that wavelength.
I have available on a first come first served basis qty 4 pass 473 reflect 445 dichros which are 10x10 in size
here are the specs
Coating: S1: HR 445 R>99% (random polarization) HT473nm T>90 %( random polarization), 45deg+/-1deg AOI
S2: AR R<1%@473nm 45deg+/-1deg AOI
I have built 2 projectors with these dichros and they are very good and the big advantage is that you can pbs 2x473 and or 2x445 and still join them - which you cannot do if joining with a cube.
They do need to be placed at exactly 45 degrees but work very well at this angle.
We will sell for £75 each plus shipping and like I said are first come first served.
They have been cut from larger mirrors and as such there is some chipping on 2 of them on the plain surface (ie not the sexy coated surface) and there is still a large area that is useful and one is slightly worse that the other. If anyone is interested then the best ones will be sold first.
Rob
I used a Laserwave 473nm coated PBS in my projector... I am not certifying that this is the way forward, maybe I copped a lucky one, who knows?
Here is the 445nm on a meter weighing in at 480mw....
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Here is the 473nm on the meter at 300mw
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Through the cube I measured a total of 760mw, so only loosing 20mw
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Running the 445nm through the cube on its own I see zero losses, so the 20mw lost was in fact 473nm..
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And for those of you wondering, Yes, it hurts like hell to think I spent in excess of £2000 on 500mw of 445nm only a year ago :mad:
Mark
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Originally Posted by Insanity
And technology marches on.... and on and on and on..
Good rule of thumb: NEVER be in a rush to try the latest greatest stuff unless you're 100% ok with overspending. Of course the price drop we saw with these diodes is atypical, but all technology becomes steadily more affordable with time.
Very true, but believe me this one has certainly earned its keep, several times over :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ElektroFreak
Mark
now that LW has given up on making a dicro any options? suck it up and pay $200 to semrock?
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Originally Posted by Insanity
Then stop your whining ;)