473 Bare Diodes are here!!

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10-13-2008, 09:26
steve-o

473 Bare Diodes are here!!

Looks like the first LDs in the 470 nm line have made it!http://www.extremeskins.com/images/smilies/yikes.gif. They're only 20 mW for now, but not unlike the reds; give 'em a few years and: higher power and price drops maybe in the not too distant future ..YeeHah..:D
http://www.laserdiode.ca/Blue_Laserd...serdiodes.html
10-13-2008, 09:38
thesk8nmidget

heheheeh thats so exciting! now we need costs!

they sell 473nm hand held pointers for $300+ and they are only about 5mw

i want a diode to make for my personal collection! :)

probably not cheap at all yet :)

time is so slow sometimes!
10-13-2008, 09:50
carmangary

Nice. What is the typical application for these diodes?
10-13-2008, 11:14
steve-o

No info on cost or apps yet.. Maybe I'll request a 'sample' hehe..
10-13-2008, 11:23
thesk8nmidget

is it group buy time yet? gosh i am so impatient!
10-13-2008, 11:54
steve-o

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OK- get ready to bend over:eek:.
Here's the price of (1).:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
10-13-2008, 12:07
DZ

It says $ 3.850,00 :confused:

Looks like $3.85 to me.... I'll take a couple hundred.:rolleyes:

Hopefully some engineer somewhere will find an application for it that will require these go into mass production. Then they will get very cheap. Geez, then there really wont be an "expensive" laser. Red is cheap, green is cheap and violet is cheap. Next to work on is yellow>:)
10-13-2008, 12:35
steve-o

Oohh, yellow and orange (in my best Homer Simpson voice):) Yeh, $3.85 ea...uh, not. I believe some places in Europe use commas where we use decimal points and maybe vice-versa. My argon filament (Lasos tube; GmbH) read 2,25V (@18A) on the label. I guess I could have put 225VAC on it :eek: ;)..YEAH!! Spark-O-Rama!
10-13-2008, 13:00
steve-o

More info (emails) :

Mr. Ergunes,
Thank you so much for the prompt response.
I will forward this information immediately to the appropriate personnel.
Would you be able to tell us if this diode is likely to be mass produced for future application(s), resulting in per-unit and quantity cost reduction; and if so, would you be able to establish and provide an approximation time-line for this factor?
Thank You very much,
Steve
__________________________________________________ ___________
Dear Steve,

Thanks for your consideration to work with us.

Please kindly be informed that this products is unique and there is no wavelenght at 473nm available except the Nichia laser diodes. Factory is working well and for your possible further requirement with the volume quantities shipment will be not more then 4-6 weeks.

I look forward to hear from you soon.

Best Regards,

Erdil Ergunes
Orthotoronto Inc.
1902-100 Wellesley St. East
Toronto, M4Y 1H5 Ont. CANADA
Ph. 1. 424 704 5767
Fx. 1. 416 413 9593
http://www.orthotoronto.com
erdil@orthotoronto.com
http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...@ERDILRENAROYA___________________________________________
OK-- Group Buy anyone? lol..
10-13-2008, 13:09
steve-o

Just think, for only $19,250 you could have a 100mW 473nm blue laser-WOW!!.. putting 5 of these diodes together. What a bargain!!!
10-13-2008, 13:10
thesk8nmidget

damn! that is spendy!

but i still want.... i wish it was 300
10-13-2008, 13:26
steve-o

Me 2.. maybe in 3-4 years if there's enough demand for 'em..
10-13-2008, 16:51
mixedgas

considering medical guys get billed 7600 for Q1 of a 488 nm argon, thats cheap.

STEVE R.
10-13-2008, 17:03
dave

Interesting, I doubt it will be long before Nichia does a multi-mode version of this..

Have you considered getting pricing direct from Nichia? They are good with samples btw, we recently got a 1w 445nm diode on the house!!
10-13-2008, 17:17
steve-o

Dave- what kind of potential did you give 'em 1.8B?:)hehe..
1Watt 445???:eek:OMG-- got any pics of the final product in action??:cool:

Steve- Q1 ?: 1st quarter? he//, I gotta 488nm argon 500:1 polarization- can i get into that racket?:D
10-13-2008, 19:35
allthatwhichis

What you need to think about is what can you come up with as a marketable device that will be popular enough to bing the prices down. Make something that will help apply women's makeup or somehthing... :rolleyes:
10-14-2008, 07:11
thesk8nmidget

a laser makeup removal! have it do a flat beam across their face (with goggles on of course) and then poof all the make up is gone and we got cheap 473 diodes!
10-14-2008, 08:07
mixedgas

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave

Interesting, I doubt it will be long before Nichia does a multi-mode version of this..

Have you considered getting pricing direct from Nichia? They are good with samples btw, we recently got a 1w 445nm diode on the house!!

want to sell it? :-)

Steve
10-14-2008, 13:10
steve-o

Ooh ooh yeah.. how much ya want for it.. I mean you got it for free, right ?:p

Quote:

a laser makeup removal! have it do a flat beam across their face (with goggles on of course) and then poof all the make up is gone and we got cheap 473 diodes!

Yah! and it will also remove wrinkle lines, tighten up the skin, give the skin a new tone, remove unwanted facial hair.. I think we're are on to something here..:)
10-17-2008, 20:01
GooeyGus

If I had to guess, I would say these will drop in price in the not-so-distant future, due to the upcoming 'laser tv' era :D
10-19-2008, 18:30
aijii

Quote:

Originally Posted by mixedgas

want to sell it? :-)

Steve

Nope :P

It's going into our big full colour, along with the other 2 500mw nichias we have...
10-19-2008, 19:02
steve-o

Did you get them for free too? ;)
10-22-2008, 20:39
LaserGuy216

really how much??:eek:
11-02-2008, 17:28
aijii

no we bought those ones :P

many thousands of dollars