best way to color balance? RGV

[ndrew2505]

im planning on building a scanner sometime in the near future and was wondering whats the best way to color balance red, green, and violet? i plan on using 2 6x blu ray sleds (with pbs) to get ~350-400mw of 405. about how much red and green would i need to balance with the 405nm?

[allthatwhichis]

I would go with as much as you can and turn them down if they are too much. I would start with 100 to 200 mW of green and match a red to that; then try to match the blu-ray. Do you plan on adding true blue to your set up at all?

[ndrew2505]

maybe later but blue is just a little too expensive for me right now...

[White-Light]

I'd add in an UV filter just in case with a sharp cut off of around 400nm as that's a lot of 405nm to be beaming about.

I'm sure someone on here posted about a UV filter before that they'd found that cuts off at 400nm with very little attenuation at 405nm.

[tocket]

I have the ratios required for a good white balance posted here:
http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...ead.php?t=5783

In one of the latest post I have posted a link to a program I wrote that you can use to calculate some characteristics (color, luminance) of any mix of powers and wavelengths, but it's unlikely that you get it to work.

I'd add in an UV filter just in case with a sharp cut off of around 400nm as that's a lot of 405nm to be beaming about.

I'm sure someone on here posted about a UV filter before that they'd found that cuts off at 400nm with very little attenuation at 405nm.

Huh? In case of what? It only seems like waste of laser power.

[allthatwhichis]

Huh? In case of what? It only seems like waste of laser power.

I question this also. Will a 405nm diode have lower wavelength radiation mixed in also?