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Thread: focusing lens for combining reds

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    i want to look at making 1watt of 650nm anyone got any links to some good focusing lenses i can use?
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    like so

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    snap me too just stated on mine this weekend
    that project red looks just soooooo nice i want

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    Btw... That red diode stack was a project of Phillip from LaserFreak.net.
    More pics can be seen at the bottom of this thread.

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    Phil is also a member here d3c1x.

    It is a very nice project. I have a PM from him somewhere that told me the focal lengths he used. Let me try to find that...

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    well all i really need is some type of lens and aixiz is was to small
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    I cant find the exact PM, however if I recall correctly the focal lengths were F-120mm and F-30mm.

    But that is a subjective idea since there is no right or wrong with lens' here... at least thats what I gather. Everyone has their own ideas as to what is right and what isn't.

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    Wow, I was just drawing up diagrams last night too!

    He used achromat lenses and the losses were pretty high. I'm considering using lenses form a microscope 10x eyepiece, but the losses again will be higher than with a dedicated beam expander in reverse. Also there is a question of power density handling.

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    Maybe the three of us could pool together some of our ideas into one to develop 3 different and way better than what they could have been red lasers. I was thinking 18 lasers for me to make a 3x3 square configuration. That would give me a resultant beam of about 8-9mm or so square with some losses on the mirrors. Then it wouldn't be very hard to reduce the beam much futher than that, and with minimal increased divergence.

    -Max

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    im thinking of using 5 reds and no cube. just straight into a lens
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