3W RGB Build

[gottaluvlasers]

Thought I would share some photos of one of my newest builds for a client in New York. Its a ~3 Watt RGB.

1.5W/640
800mW/532
1W/445

DT40 Wides

Eye Candy:

[dave]

Looks nice man,

no heatsink under the 642nm?

[Bradfo69]

Nice to see those since that's about what I'm looking at for mine. I'm sure I'm not looking forward to finding out how much that 1.5 Kvant costs!

[dsli_jon]

Nice case...

Smart-move, too, cause there's 'room to gro', and with these layouts (breadboard, up-top) you can always slap a 50/50 on a flag, in there, port the beam up / out, and make them a 'combo' beam-table / scans sys, ie:

...(yeah, it has topside-walls / windo, etc, just not in this lousy-shot... but you get the idea) ...think: "Upgrade", baby, yyeah! Cha-ching!

Nice werk, you Rock Star, you...
peas
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[Ragdoll]

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when you have a min can you explain he different choice of beam paths, case orientation, and scanner alignment in the 3 watt vs. my 1.5? i'm just wanting to learn.....

[clickamouse]

Pure awesomeness!

I note the beam path is blue-green-red. This makes the most sense to me as the blue has the most mojo to punch through 2 dichros, the red the least.

I am building my first RGB and have planned a similar path. But I'm having a problem locating a good reflect blue/pass green dichro.

If it isn't a trade secret, what is the source of the dichros?

Thanks much.

Yetannudda Noob...Mike

[norty303]

Out of interest, what percentage of the total component cost does the red make up? (roughly)

[clickamouse]

...CT Lasers sells the dichros. Never mind.

I'll get my order in shortly.

Which smiley is the "embarressed" one?

heh heh...Mike

[White-Light]

Very nice. Wish I had one!

[blowfly]

Looks awesome Marc! You are a true master.

I had the same questions as Mario about the beam path. It looks like the blue bounces off a mirror into a blue/green PBS cube, then the combined blue and green bounce off a mirror into a red dichro. Do i have that right?

Mike