Help ! Identify this laser please

[LaserJay]

hi there

i have a laser that was removed from a laser eye surgery unit (keeler), i was wondering what the wavelength would be and the power of the unit.
i have posted some photos,

i was wondering how i would go about powering the unit (i did not remove it and the laser sergery unit has since been disposed of).

I dont want to risk laser eye surgery myself, i was wondering if this laser would be of any use ? say as a pump diode for a big green ?

[Things]

Well by looking at the markings on the side of that one, 4A seems to be it's current, which would render it as a fairly high powered diode. If you have a current and voltage regulated PSU, start at 2V and slowly ramp it up, but dont pass 3V for now, and see if it does anything.

[Steve Milani]

it seems to be an infrared diode (and highly probably it is).
Take a great attention for test! It surelly shoots out a respectable power!

[Diachi]

Well by looking at the markings on the side of that one, 4A seems to be it's current, which would render it as a fairly high powered diode. If you have a current and voltage regulated PSU, start at 2V and slowly ramp it up, but dont pass 3V for now, and see if it does anything.

I wouldn't start at 2V, I'd start at 1.5V and see what you get, then you can determine weather or not it's IR or visible. If it's a red LD it'll need between 2.8-3.1V and if it's IR it'll want about 1.8-2.2V.

[mixedgas]

Keep in mind that LDs are constant current, not voltage driven devices, so you need something to limit the current to that diode or you will pop it.

can you take a pic aimed down through the window with a magnifying glass in front of the camera, so we can see if its a diode or a self qswitched diode pumped yag in a can. Both are used for medical purposes.

Steve

[trwalters001]

so we can see if its a diode or a self qswitched diode pumped yag in a can

Jesus H. Christ.

Is there anyone else on the planet that can talk like that??

I'm jiss sayin'...

[mixedgas]

Jesus H. Christ.

Is there anyone else on the planet that can talk like that??

I'm jiss sayin'...

Yes, wait till you meet Phil Hobbs. Google Phil Hobbs
There are a lot of guys who do what I do.
FrothyChimp comes to mind.

you get: http://electrooptical.net/

Then go to google books and read some of

Building Electro-Optical Systems:,
Making It All Work, Second Edition

Steve

[GooeyGus]

they actually make q-switched YAG's in a can? Where do I sign up for a free sample?

[LaserJay]

hi again

i tested the diode using a reliable power supply that could deliver 2v at 4 amps,

when i looked at the output it looked very dim to me (i thought it had "gone led" on me but then i took a photo using a digital camera

[LaserJay]

ive been trying to take a close up photo of the diode itself but my digital camera is not upto it