Strongest LASERs in my collection | Power and wavelength measured

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4 жыл бұрын

It is time to test the strongest lasers in my collection, now that I have both a laser power meter and spectrometer. I can test both power and wavelength of the strongest laser for each laser color I own.
I have 11 colors in my laser rainbow, so hang on for an epic journey into the lasers in my collection. Many of which I haven't shown in a video before!
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@sonixthatsme 4 жыл бұрын

I wish styropyro would see this, and he would be " Hold my beer".

@Kitchen6419 4 жыл бұрын

He probably has the most powerful hand held laser in the world

@alfepalfe 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kitchen6419 at least he had at one point but I Think he dissasembeled it for parts.

@halonothing1 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought of his tattoo removing laser that was over 1 megawatt pulsed and strong enough to destroy the CCD in his camera with indirect exposure.

@Slimysock-td6oq 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kitchen6419 he does kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jZx2lbiazt3ZpIU.html

@TheMaxiM22 4 жыл бұрын

69 likes, nice!

@aarongreenfield9038 4 жыл бұрын

This video was total nerd fuel, I love it.

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! My enthusiasm for lasers is definitely on an über-nerd level - as with many other science subjects x)

@aarongreenfield9038 4 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75. Same here, I'm sort of a laser Collector/enthusiast, I have about a 100 of them.

@aarongreenfield9038 4 жыл бұрын

Everything from about a few miliwatt, all the way up to 2.5 W focusable blue, that will ignite cardboard instantly, especially when focused, When focused it will ignite steel wool.

@aarongreenfield9038 4 жыл бұрын

I also have a 500 milliwatt laserlands green lab laser, that is no slouch either.

@aarongreenfield9038 3 жыл бұрын

Just recently added a one Watt green laser to the collection.

@cringemaki 4 жыл бұрын

Everybody gangsta till the diode starts to get old

@nopegaming2117 3 жыл бұрын

Nice profile picture

@cringemaki 3 жыл бұрын

NOPE gaming why thank you. The artist is QuinNSFW (something like that, and yes, it is nsfw)

@ivonilalauk15 3 жыл бұрын

where can i buy this laser

@gl1500ctv 4 жыл бұрын

Physicists: Pretty LASERs Engineers: Pretty LASER-measuring test equipment!

@nopegaming2117 3 жыл бұрын

Accurate

@hughsgarbagetrucks 3 жыл бұрын

styropyro:big scary f***ing lasers

@christopherw2233 2 жыл бұрын

Republican's: pretty light go bye bye.

@ShahZahid 4 жыл бұрын

styropyro : laughs in 200watt

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he certainly has me beat on all wavelengths... But hey, I have my neodymium magnet collection too ;) Thanks for watching!

@MAGGOT_VOMIT 4 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 You tell'em Braniac!!.....Also tell 'em we hear faint evil laugh and soft voice from a lil skinny guy that's always saying, "But we don't do a measly 200watts..........do we Boys?" xD Hope Photonic is doing alright these days.

@seantaggart7382 4 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 Styro: *combines them both*

@Sharpless2 4 жыл бұрын

@@seantaggart7382 Next video: StyroPyro and Brainiac75 Collab: Playing with magnetic fields and lasers to create a 90° corner laser beam without a physical object

@TheRadioactiveBanana32 3 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 I am 13 yr old and i learn a LOT from ur videos about magnets i even have a lower grade version of the death magnet and i have other pretty big ones.... thanks for telling the proper handling of magnets to me!

@Josephzero9028 4 жыл бұрын

I love how he uses cd cases and clothes pins along with all these instruments in his tests, it gives that homemade touch. Thaks for the video!

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joseph :) I am still an amateur though my equipment may be getting more professional over time. Clothes pins are so useful - featured in many of my videos :D

@Nightttyy 11 ай бұрын

@@brainiac75 it's kinda cool though, i love lasers their color and your video is just awesome i really liked the video you earned an sub from me

@leehorst 2 жыл бұрын

I have a Wicked Lasers Spyder. It is terrifying, and I am so glad it has a code to turn it on. Most people do not understand how dangerous these are.

@thunderblot9187 3 жыл бұрын

BRANIAC:-" I GOT A 1.5 W POWERFUL LASER" STYROPYRO:- "MAKING IT MORE POWERFUL"

@yashsvidixit7169 3 жыл бұрын

ALWAYS remember guys, these lasers are no joke. And many of these can instantly want to have a rewind button in life.

@christopherw2233 2 жыл бұрын

I always try to leave warnings on laser videos because it's one of the most deceiving things to people who have no experience with them beautiful light that can put your eye out faster than you can blink literally ! :)

@MP-tz2yn 2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherw2233 ur a good guy

@christopherw2233 2 жыл бұрын

@@MP-tz2yn it'ss hard to find people in the world who actually care about each other sadly.

@MP-tz2yn 2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherw2233 true. You do a good service putting the warnings, the dots look so innocent - I had to do some reading myself about it and was shocked to find how quick it can blind you

@ejsafara456 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos ♡ always so calming! :)

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) More to come!

@Thesubieman 4 жыл бұрын

I was about to drop a styropyro joke, but after reading the comments, I believe I was not the only one so nevermind. Great video

@Zenodilodon 4 жыл бұрын

You can drop a Zenodilodon joke :P

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Hehe, you sure have me beat on most wavelengths, Zenodilodon. Love your channel by the way. Makes me want to get into DIY laser pointers.... Thanks for watching!

@Zenodilodon 4 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 You have an excellent channel yourself! I am trying to work out of laser pointers a bit, I want to get some serious hands on optical physics work going, there is so much to learn still. My goal is to eventually make some crazy laser heads and get into more advanced things like custom SHG/THG. Honestly I kind of find pointers boring as you can only really collect colors and burn things. Currently I just want to help others get better with working with laser technology as I found it really difficult to find good sources when I started.

@belken117 4 жыл бұрын

You totally make the infrared spectrum sound sinister with the music. Love it! I always enjoy your videos for the longest time, and have help a lot to become more aware with quality of laser pointers and the dangerous fun with magnets!

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! I often spend quite a time finding the right track and timing it to the video content. Especially the Hercules chapter took a while just for editing the music track. Thanks for watching!

@bitonic589 Жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 How did you figure out the diode they use for their lasers???

@bitonic589 Жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 I mean sanwu lasers*

@movax20h 3 жыл бұрын

The spectrometer you are using uses Toshiba TCD1304AP linear CCD sensors. It has extremely poor sensitivity above 1000nm, and almost nothing above 1100nm. For this reasons, you need to calibrate it first. One of the better option is to use incandescent light, fit in the Planck's law distribution, and use that as a calibration. It will help a lot, but will still make upper end of spectrum noisy a bit. I am not sure if the software provided with the spectrometer allows doing it internally, but if not, it can be done using external program, or even a spreadsheet.

@vignesh_waran 4 жыл бұрын

Styropro be like nah..!

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, yes... Styropyro must have me beat on any and all wavelengths x) Thanks for watching!

@blackferrets820 4 жыл бұрын

Ahem 100w cow handheld laser

@MAGGOT_VOMIT 4 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 No worries Magneto-Brainiac!! Sith Styro cowers as he hears that evil laugh from Emperor Photonic.

@JAKOB1977 4 жыл бұрын

styropyro only beat him in doing utterly crap with very strong lasers, like putting things on fire, blowing up stuff, popping balloons, etc... I know styro from LPF forums and he a great person there, but his YT videos are utter crap IMO. and complete lack of the actual fascination of lasers from an adult and mature perspective.. it's a pupe-fetich seeking the lowest common value of yt-clicks from mainly the very young pupe-crowd by doing stupid stuff with high-powered-lasers and blowing stuff up, and it ain't really young kids you want messing with high powered lasers. and its acts like that give lasers a bad rep. and likely also why makers go out of their way to make these high powered DLPdiodes not available for the public, not least hence these new multi diode-arrays where even spec sheets it hard to find and close to impossible to separate..

@SoulDelSol 4 жыл бұрын

@@JAKOB1977 what do you do with your high powered lasers?

@InssiAjaton Жыл бұрын

When a long time ago I worked in the paper industry, I read all kinds of articles about really powerful lasers used or tested for paper (and other materials) cutting. I particularly remember that some people tried how thick packs of paper they could use. They were talking about kilowatt level of power in continuous mode. 10600 nm wavelength CO2. I never was dealing anything that power levels. My experiments were limited to some angle finding using helium-neon laser. Later on, diode laser pointers emerged and I bought a couple of them -- still have both! But the real reason for my comment is that at one time I was involved in an attempt to measure, and potentially control the paper web moisture content immediately next to the dryer cylinder. The idea was that measuring the water vapor content would tell the paper web moisture content, or at least tell something about the moisture variation. And somebody had an idea that to be water vapor specific, you would start with water vapor laser. Of course. Sad to say, we were a bit amateurs and did not have a matching wavelength detector available. It appeared the laser probably worked but our broad band receiver saw all kinds of wrong phenomena.

@atalakeanumonarshi129 4 жыл бұрын

What a great beautiful science channel ! I've always watch some videos from it when I'm bored, or just to warm up the 4200lm halogen lamp on my InFocus projector. It has some DLP technology too ! I'll love to see Brian talking about DLP technology in general... Edit : And... Maybe do some weird experiments with DLP chip.

@FinnersBinners 4 жыл бұрын

Yeeesssss, you're back!

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, though I haven't really been gone that long?: kzfaq.infovideos

@IiTzToss 4 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 I haven't received a notification for your last two videos, and I have the bell turned on

@petergergely4538 4 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 i havent recieved notification for your last vid either , and have the bell on ! And l thought u were under a lot of work and thats why there s no vid

@sk8t3rcz 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting channel! Thank you for making videos!

@MesutAtmaca 2 жыл бұрын

wow ... great video thank you much 👏

@yannisgk Жыл бұрын

i also have a half watt green laser, and in addition an 1 watt blue laser, but my favourite is my E3 wicked lasers green one laser, who often still use... great video btw!!! (i wish i'll buy the sanwu laser power meter!!!) happy new year!!!

@craignapoli 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Brainiac, i love your channel, thank you for the very valuable information that you share in your videos, i have always be fascinated by lasers and i now own several of them, two are red dot laser levels that have made my shopfitting career so much more precise and easy to gain very accurate measurements on my own, i recently bought 2 laser pointers online, one is a green beam and the other is a blue beam but only the blue one came with specification data, the sticker on it claims a wavelength of 450nm and a max output power of 50000 mw and yes that's four zero's or in words fifty thousand. Is this possible? and how does it compare to the ones you have just demonstrated??

@Broetchen98 3 жыл бұрын

Styropro made a 100 Watt laser a few Month ago.This is just insane.

@Tonkabollocks Жыл бұрын

Great stuff! 👍

@thematchkookieisholdingins5542 4 жыл бұрын

"Klick like to celebrate it with me" 😭 yes I will😌

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Party has begun :D

@SoftyDaddy 3 жыл бұрын

I thank you Bro, fantastic job!! I appreciate you 🤗🙂

@TheWord-LaPalabra 2 жыл бұрын

Nicely done sir

@InactivePhoenix 4 жыл бұрын

Much love my dude

@randomperson1418 4 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@IanZWhite00 4 жыл бұрын

Lasers have always scared the shit out of me. Not like, viscerally, but with how often I get those sort of dangerous intrusive thoughts, I know I’d just end up blinding myself. It would be so easy, in a couple of seconds, bam, no vision for the rest of your life.

@pallidinyou Жыл бұрын

Not to be unkind, but you seriously need to get help. Good luck.

@thelamb288 4 жыл бұрын

Informative as usual Brian. It is amazing about the IR leakage from the green laser range. Perhaps you could get some, preferably the Chinese ones, and test the actual mW and IR. I would not be surprised if some of them output Watts and not mW!! :) Cheers.

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) I measured one of my garden/decoration lasers in a patreon video, and it seems like half of the output from it is in the infrared.... That's so bad. I may make a public video on it, since I now have better equipment for showing and measuring the issue.

@thelamb288 3 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 Wow, it has been a long time for me to catch up on things Brian. This reply from you makes me very nerveous about going forward. I hope people lean from these comments. Cheers.

@arayan83079 3 жыл бұрын

Where do I go to buy a good green laser pointer? I use a Dragon Laser (supposed) 300mW Spartan. But they stopped selling through covid. Any recommendations for a GOOD green pointer?

@AwesomeMcTasty 3 жыл бұрын

Since you asked... I've got you beat on the blue laser, mine being the 2W version and the calibration sheet showing ~2.5W. I didn't really believe that rating at first and thought they were probably inflating the numbers a bit, but after seeing how close yours was, maybe it actually that stong. Also, a faster way to get the max power setting is hold down the button while powering on, then when you press the button it is on at full power, and shuts off when you release it.

@ian.new.life. 3 жыл бұрын

Whats the most powerfull laser pointer i can buy in uk 2w? What one would u recomend i see wicked lasers ship a 2w to the uk

@steadfasttherenowned2460 4 жыл бұрын

What can you do to resurrect the oldest laser that was 4mw and is now only 1? Any way to fix it in your home shop for a KZfaq video?

@alienfromarea-5196 4 жыл бұрын

Your videos teach me more science than my school

@MRHBKJK 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Collection

@oddjobbob8742 2 жыл бұрын

This KZfaq was very informative and helpful. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and expertise. Personally, I would really appreciate a KZfaq this thorough explaining about laser safety goggles/glasses. I am trying to make a decision about laser goggles but it is very confusing. Some lenses offer multi spectrum protection. Some specify certain types of lasers with certain spectrum specifications. And the question of power never seems addressed in a specific glasses/goggles specifications. With your range of lasers I am sure you must have solved the conundrum in which I am mired. Also, price is hugely variable. Just an idea for your research.

@jesserjzz1 2 жыл бұрын

I remember the first time I saw a laser pointer. It was in the 90's, it was already the keychain model red one. I was inside some kind of small mall and saw that red point fast on the floor, my first thought was that it was a cigarette butt but then the guy showed in his hands to some other people, everyone amazed. Now it is so common but still something awesome.

@smuleplayz 8 ай бұрын

I used a Class 3b laser for an extended period of time for lighting a pipe. Can my vision be saved?

@ThatUnknownDude_ 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted you to do those Laser 303 and Laser 301 but good effort!

@rasmus1600 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video, i got the same Arctic laser from Wicked Lasers, i bought it as a 0,7W and when it came with the test sheet, it peaked at 1,47W. Did you also buy the 0,7W or 1W version?

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Rasmus. You got lucky with that Arctic then :) I bought one that was specified as over 1 watt - not 0,7W.

@rasmus1600 4 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 That's kind of annoying to get a laser weaker than advertised. Wicked Lasers make some good lasers but there is a lot of controversy wether people are actually getting the laser they buy. Sadly i don't have a power meter to see if the 1.4W is true, but it can easily light up a match from 20 meters away with no extra lens to focus the beam.

@ttexastt Жыл бұрын

The dramatic sound effects had me dying at this nerd jargon... And intrigued. Lots of 808 and 1064... Oh NO!!

@kevindondrea144 3 жыл бұрын

I've had a green laser similar to the pen laser you showed for about 12 years now. I just bought a 445 Blue Laser but I rarely use it. I'm not only afraid for my eyes but also for my 9 yr old daughter's eyes. I bought two sets of laser protection glasses but not 100% sure they are the right ones. I mentioned two rangers with a gap between the two spectrums. It would be nice if someone would do a video on the different ranges of Laser Safety glasses and which laser light they protect against.

@thunder-hedge 3 жыл бұрын

You should definitely do a collab with styropyro! 😀

@kasrasahami3036 3 жыл бұрын

hi. mate please explain how d you measure power per wavelengh? and how to see a light spectrum. many thanks.

@01k 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos Danskjävel! ❤️

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, fellow viking x)

@phantom4E2 3 жыл бұрын

what are the best visible lasers for cold weather? i have a 5mW green one that performs like shit on winter here in Spain

@StevenSchoolAlchemy Жыл бұрын

Happy holidays

@dannon2010 3 жыл бұрын

I love the music with the HERCULES.

@EugeneWorldPositiv 2 жыл бұрын

What is the name of your optical spectrometer model? I've wanted to find something like that for a long time!

@Cyparagon 4 жыл бұрын

1052nm is a weaker lasing line of the neodymium. These crystals can lase at many different frequencies and at many different efficiencies, but they can fight each other for gain. The "correct" line is chosen with a dicroic coating on the facets, but these coatings aren't perfect. Sometimes other lines sneak in. I once had a green pointer that lased at 532, 537, and 542nm simultaneously presumably due to a coating defect.

@sean-ci3tv 4 жыл бұрын

always like your back ground music,it so works

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I went through a lot of tracks until I found just the right one for the Hercules chapter. It fits the mood I was experiencing just right :)

@sean-ci3tv 4 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 you make the right choice on all your videos having seen them all thanks

@NauraMedinaAzzahra Жыл бұрын

Sir, from your experience. If u got same type of the laser but in many variation color. Between RED, PURPLE, BLUE, and GREEN. Which color is the strongest resistant? I means can burn fast n more hot. Thanks sir! ❤

@trupyrodice4462 2 жыл бұрын

That smile your sporting is almost as big as the monster sized laser you have there! #supperstoked

@ghostman3398 3 жыл бұрын

I have a blue 1000 mw/450 nm laser ,I just bought it ,i adjusted the focus on it and it might just me being obsessive over the laser cause that's how I am,always trying for perfection. Anyway I noticed or think I noticed for the first time,the laser is a rectangular shape I can focus it but it defuses after about 15 feet an the beam isn't staying as sharp at and after that distance,but it's still pretty tight an powerful,its just that rectangular shape and the power loss ,is that normal for most lasers ?Am I just being.too much of a perfectionist?Or does it.sound like to you that this is a damaged laser?.If it's normal sounding to you,the amount of scatter ,then can I buy anything to fit the tip,that further focusses the beam?Any after market parts you can suggest would be appreciated. Again I think I'm just tripping ,but.maybe I'm not ,well its bothered me enough to text you about it.so maybe my brain just caught something I didn't realize while it was changing on me,a change I suspect may have come.when I adjusted the focus the first time,I was gentle and it focuses fine, but it's just a tight narrow mini-rectangle now ,which isn't a nice dot,is there a way to focus the beam at 30 to 40 feet and keep a tighter beam to spend the lasers power down range as if I was only ten feet from said targets??..Again ,thank you for your time ,I know I wrote you a book here ..lol...but I wanted you to have all the facts .Yea I would love to know that it was probably like this from the factory and there isn't some thing that happens to lasers if you dont so "this" or "that " before focusing. ..lol...but give it to me straight,I'm worried that I didn't do something right an its damaged ,or is it just normal?

@butcher9266 2 жыл бұрын

I'm considering getting one for self DEFENSE but not sure how good it would be for that. How long does it take to burn your attacker and neutralize them?

@taylorjohnson4943 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool detector

@bobrobertsNotUrBob 4 жыл бұрын

Last year there were a couple news stories about a new handheld Chinese laser weapon for their army, do you have any info on it or was it fake news?

@suhailab3634 3 жыл бұрын

the 1152nm peak is a dpss line that you can get with some self frequency doubling crystals like nd:svap and yb:ycob, it is a pure yellow when frequency doubled at 575nm, i have a 575nm laser using that process

@aisawaloki1571 2 жыл бұрын

GH05030C2LM(or newer model GH05030D2L) is an amazing while troublesome laser diodes. it's mint green is one of my favorite color, but as I have get several of 10 this diodes I found the actual wavelength of individuals are so vary that can be result color from malachite(510nm)

@nezzam100 3 жыл бұрын

No really high power lasers, but I love the 488nm ones and have built 2, both underdriven to around 30mW and a nice direct injection green diode at 515nm and 15mW. One of my 532nm DPSS lasers leaks around 7mW of infra red.

@video99couk 4 жыл бұрын

So good it's a shame it ended. I used to work in a facility which made lasers for communications, some of those go towards the long end (or beyond) of your new power meter. You can sometimes pick up those on eBay for very little, do a search for something like Nortel Laser. They are not hugely powerful but some can be wavelength tuned.

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) Some of those Nortel lasers do look interesting. Wavelength tuning would be nice to experiment with.

@mortlet5180 4 жыл бұрын

The only thing I can guess is that you had some neon nearby that got excited by the intense 532nm laser light. Maybe an exposed He-Ne laser tube, or even some gas-discharge tubes with a penning gas mixture inside?

@jimmyholtehus 4 жыл бұрын

Meget spændende video. Mange tak :-)

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Velbekomme :)

@christophercarlberg6657 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a studying laser technician an perhaps I can help you with what you’re seeing on the Hercules laser. I believe you are seeing what are called longitudinal modes aka standing waves. These are wavelengths of light that are able to exist in the laser cavity due to the constructive interference of the way you laser cavity is configured.

@mwbgaming28 3 жыл бұрын

Damn that HeNe laser has a clean output, they sure don't build em like they used to

@Kakkarot22 3 жыл бұрын

love the slightly ominous music making it obvious how dangerous these are

@SullySadface Жыл бұрын

Whoa I think I had the same laser as your oldest, but mine was anodized black

@morningstarsci 9 ай бұрын

What spectrophotometer is that?

@ghostman3398 3 жыл бұрын

My kind of dude,he celebrates his lazers birthdays. lol Some badass lazers man.

@canadian_buzzard7246 3 жыл бұрын

Just curious, what was the reason for blurring out the serial number on the Spider III?

@kz400- 4 жыл бұрын

Missing yellow laser get one! Good videos💪

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

A yellow laser sure is high on my wish list. They are just so expensive and inefficient :( The show laser will make a strong, yellow looking beam though. It is just not a true yellow laser... Thanks for watching!

@RichardBrianFaithWalkers 9 ай бұрын

Which laser would be best for pig hunting in Texas? I want something that will designate up to 500m.

@lorcansnow2111 3 жыл бұрын

The background music made the leakage very intense :P

@kasnitch 4 жыл бұрын

congrats on the new analytical tools . great seeing all the new data .

@kinghoffbeers4221 3 жыл бұрын

What are the glasses you use and where can I get some?

@SevenDeMagnus 3 жыл бұрын

Cool, Is it more powerful than styropyro's most powerful laser?

@kelliewatts830 2 жыл бұрын

3:50 Ignore the peaks from fluorescent studio lights Me: doesent ignore reading texts.

@garymingy8671 3 жыл бұрын

Hi ,bravo , yet I want to find olivine/ peridot Chrystal s...on a beach or by a stream , can green lasers help me , or yellow ? , Phosphorize is nice a strong bright flash should do.. photograph and use that as a map..is my thinking. Help ! Plz . Use all your lasers on olivine and report what you learn ,plz

@LtKernelPanic 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. I really need a better LPM like that and would love a spectrometer like that. Lets see from my collection the only that that "beat" any of yours is my home built 445nm that comes in at 1.8w. I kinda want to build another for "more power!" but 445 is kinda meh to me after the initial novelty wore off. I also have a red HeNe that's nearly a meter long that puts out 20+mw. That thing is a beast. others wavelengths in my collection: 473nm (blue DPSS) 543.5 (green HeNe) both put out 1-2mw on my meter. 589 (DPSS yellow) 110mw after warmup. 594.1 (yellow HeNe) 2-3mw from both. My multi-line argon is probably my favorite laser I have. At full power (10A!) it puts out ~150mw but that's from all six wavelengths it produces.

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome collection! Especially one of my dream lasers, the multi-line Ar-ion. But the yellow-green HeNe is also fantastic. So close to our eyes' most sensitive wavelength, 555 nm in daylight (507 nm at night).

@jorgeberrocal2453 2 жыл бұрын

Por favor, cual es el puntero láser de mayor potencia en el comercio? Dónde lo puedo conseguir ?

@AllyMonsters 3 жыл бұрын

I got some old tube lasers used at sawmills. They are like glass baseball bats. My dad use to repair them.

@martinstahle2006 3 жыл бұрын

nice Video thx. I ve a very nice 50mw Viper Laser from Dragon lasers with a Wavelenght of 637nm. The dot is nearly round and its very visible for a low power red laser. Beam Divergence is < 0,5 mrad.

@MakotoKS 4 жыл бұрын

You are a very cool guy :D

@Elesario 4 жыл бұрын

Not my field of expertise, but would you get a bump in infrared from any heating effects from the lasers?

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

You would. I just think it would be a more wide 'plateau'. Not a narrow peak as the shown. It is still a mystery find to me :)

@carolcossa6244 Жыл бұрын

Could you please describe your spectrometer and tell us where you got it?

@hjca18 3 жыл бұрын

I'm looking for a laser for practice hiking climbing, mountaineer, and so on... It's very useful at night for emergency or rescue at day... If I need a long-range laser, could you please recommend me one??

@ramous5182 4 жыл бұрын

I'm currently making "eye-safe" 488/505 nm lasers because they are so beautiful but unfortunately very dangerous as soon as they hit the lasing threshold. so PWM it is. Am I correct in assuming PWM lasers with average output

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

I have to be very careful with calling lasers "eye-safe". Especially, since I am not an expert in pulsed lasers. Pulsed lasers are typically measured in joules per pulse and pulse width - not mW. You can calculate the OD needed for safety glasses here: www.lia.org/evaluator/od.php on the tab 'repetitive pulse'. The higher OD needed, the less eye-safe the laser is :)

@hughsgarbagetrucks 3 жыл бұрын

Brainiac:1mW to 200 mW styropyro:200mW to 1mega What

@wessyde9476 3 жыл бұрын

First time here, i keep seeing people disable lights and cameras with these from like a few yards away and got curious which watts would do that and what (if any) level makes it refract off of the glass

@JuanPretorius 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to convert the wavelength of CO2 lasers? Like they do with the green lasers? Wouldn't that be crazy bright???

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

CO2 lasers are incredible strong (and bright), but their 10600 nm infrared light is so far from our visible range. I don't think we have technology that can convert 10600 nm infrared down to the visible ~400-750 nm range. Would be awesome though!

@templeofthemonkeygod9047 3 жыл бұрын

The battle has begun... Styropyro vs braniac75

@PowerScissor 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to check the wavelength that glasses block to be sure I'm safe from my lasers? I have those cheap 1000 line linear diffraction grates...but none of the electronics featured in this video. The glasses are stamped...but I would like to confirm myself they actually block the wavelengths they say.

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

If the glasses are stamped with the OD for wavelengths it is a good sign. Cheaply made safety glasses don't bother with this. Are they from a reputable brand and did you pay a significant amount of money for them - that are two good signs too. But actually measuring their ODs is tricky. It can partly be done with a spectrometer like the shown, but testing for high ODs requires an ultrasensitive spectrometer or firing a strong laser at the glasses - potentially ruining the glasses.

@ledhunters 4 жыл бұрын

Hi there, I would have one request: could you talk and explain how LEP (laser excited phosphor) diodes work and what is their maximum? Thanks.

@Muonium1 4 жыл бұрын

They work the same way as white LEDs except they're driven by a laser diode instead of an LED. they have higher luminance and directionality.

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, I don't own an LEP diode. I know they are used in some high-end car head lights and in video projectors. Would be a cool project, so I have noted it for future video ideas. Thanks for watching!

@ledhunters 4 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 LEP diodes are now also used in flashlights, they have a best throw (largest beam distance) compared to standard Cree or Osram LEDs. Flashlights with LEP diodes are now about 150-200$

@briankerr4512 4 жыл бұрын

I love lasers. I have a laser pointer which is black with gold colour focus and a gold coloured battery cap at the other end with a pen clip on the side also gold coloured. An old boss of mine gave it to me, he said it cost 80 dollars back then probably in the 90s. still works.

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Nice, sounds like a collectors item to me over the endless black/silver laser pointers available today. Continue to take good care of it :) Yes, laser pointers used to be very expensive. I paid around 500 DKK (~$75 in todays currency) for my first

@LoneWolfZ Жыл бұрын

what a difference a couple years makes. ~5w blues are all over fleabay now. At under $200, I just had to grab one. I paid a little more than average for the 465nm. Now to wait for the slow boat from China!

@xenon5 4 жыл бұрын

May I ask why did you censor the serial number on the blue laser? Btw really interesting video :D

@brainiac75 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) I censored the serial numbers on two lasers for privacy and partly for insurance reasons. I didn't censor the serial number on the HeNe laser. It is from 1988 and not possible to track back to me...

@xenon5 4 жыл бұрын

@@brainiac75 ok, thanks :)

@TheMCCraftingTable 3 жыл бұрын

The last time I bought a laser was almost a decade ago with the generic 303 532nm laser. Now I discovered about the Sanwu pocket series and want to try either the 588 or 592nm laser!! Its amazing how laser technology has advanced in the last decade. Also, will be getting proper safety equipments this time.

@bitonic589 Жыл бұрын

Sanwu doesn't sell yellow lasers you know.... no 588/592 from sanwu

@TheMCCraftingTable Жыл бұрын

@@bitonic589 i think i mistyped back then.. should've been 488s and 492s.

@dazzp2 Жыл бұрын

Hercules, I don't spend that on a holiday 😂😂

@todayonthebench 4 жыл бұрын

Have a 40 watt laser at home, though haven't measured its actual power output.... But its a CO2 laser tube used for cutting and engraving applications. And CO2 laser tubes are fairly cheap for their power.

@SamChaneyProductions 3 жыл бұрын

Really loved this video, very charming and relaxing. My favorite laser in my collection is my 5.5W diode laser at 405nm which I attach to my 3D printer to cut and engrave wood and other things. I love that a small and relatively cheap add on can add so much functionality to the machine. I also have 2.5 and 0.5W diode lasers attached to the printer, all through a custom switch box I designed and printed and which has those big chunky old style metal switches with a satisfying click. The power circuit for the 5.5W laser causes a bit of latency in the PWM signal that I use to control it so it's not as precise as the weaker ones which I use for more detailed engravings, but it burns through 3mm thick wood in a fraction of a second which give me great joy. Of course I could get a CO2 laser cutter that would blow it out of the water but those are expensive and huge and I like the DIY aspect of the diode lasers.

@christopherw2233 2 жыл бұрын

A 5.5 watt diode that's insane I don't think I would have any use for that even if I could make it work in a pointer or need it to cut some things XD my strongest is probably around two Watts.