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    Default Blue beam quality

    This week I received a new >50 mW dpss laser. Great toy but the beam really is TEM01 with a weak and strong side.
    The laser looks like the CNI model and probably is but it is resold by a German seller, in my case through ebay.
    I paid for "excellente strahlqualiteit, stabilitat and divergenz" (excellent beam quality etc.) and of course prefer a near round beam.

    Some pics of the actual spot are here .

    How bad is this? Is it acceptable for a blue or not?

    Your judgement is much appreciated.
    Last edited by Zoof; 02-05-2008 at 05:41. Reason: url changed

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    Eh... How far away, or how long a beam is that? I'm not the expert but I wouldn't be happy with that. I have to leave for work in a few minutes but when I get home I'll do a 20 foot spot shot with my >50mW blue CNI and compare.
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    That beam looks very much like the mandelbrot figure :roll: . Not very good.
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    The TEM00 spot looks like this.


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    Here's what mine looks like from about 25 feet...







    The second one is a real close up and the third has a tape measure under it but you can't see the numbers... It's about a quarter to half inch spot, well I think, I had my goggles on and can't wear my glassed with them. ops:

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    Thanks for the comparison.
    It is discouraging since this is already a replacement laser because the first one died in 10 minutes .....
    The seller has offered to refund my money but what I really want is a good quality laser .....

    What is the experience with postal services? Does much damage occur to lasers such as misalignment due to rough handling or thermal stress?
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    BTW, should this type (CNI?) of laser have a IR filter at the output aperture as the final optical element?

    M.

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    Mine does. It's glued right on the aperture. You can see it when you unscrew the end.

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    They should but when mine came it didn't, Liu from CNI sent me one straight away, it arrived in a couple of days.
    However when I installed the filter the o/p dropped to 38mW. They are refunding me part of the money but I havent recieved the refund yet and its 2 weeks .

    Jim

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    Some pics of the actual spot are here .
    The pics is really bad, look like with two beams,not TEM01

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