Copper vapor laser 10 watts. News of the USSR. 1992

[oleger]

In 1992 I made a movie and did not think that we'll get the production of laser shows. fate ....

[LaNeK779]

is it a jupiter tele photo lens at 0:49 - 0:51 used as a beam expander ?
didn't know they could handle this sort of power

nice retro video, thanks for sharing.
maybe you could help a bit with the translation (or a summary)?

[oleger]

10 watts, with power supply 2500 watts (new power supply diodes). cost approximately $ 5,000-10,000. distance of 500 meters. very proud of the simplicity and low power consumption. This product has been manufactured by the decline of the defense complex of the USSR. Naturally all the dead. The film is proposed to use a laser for promotional purposes.

[Robin]

Thank you for sharing this. There is so much cool stuff in this video for fans of metal vapor lasers.

The ceramic heating jacket, that giant resonator, Russian nerds playing with high voltage...Awesome!