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Molecular Iodine Laser

"The dancing Laser". This video shows the free running (no frequency selective elements) green laserpointer pumped molecular Iodine laser.

Tutorial for aligning the open frame Helium Neon Laser

This video shows the alignment of the Helium Neon laser and components for line selection.

How to clean Brewster windows as well as birefringent tuner plates

This video shows the proper use of lens cleaning tissues to clean optical surfaces.

Tutorial for aligning a blue diode-pumped Pr:YLF Laser.

This video shows the step by step alignment of a Pr:YLF laser.



Birefringent tuner in Pr:YLF
Birefringent tuner in Pr:YLF

Close up of the birefringent tuner in a Pr:YLF laser

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Pr:Ylf laser impressions

Blue diode pumped Pr:YLF laser set to the green (520 nm) line

Impressions of a Pr:Ylf laser
Pr:Ylf laser impressions

Blue diode pumped Pr:YLF laser set to the red (648 nm) line

Iodine Raman Laser
Iodine Raman Laser

Green (532 nm) pumped molecular Iodine in a ring cavity


Violet diode pumped cw Ruby Laser
CW Ruby Laser

Violet diode pumped cw Ruby Laser

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Ruby excited state lifetime measurement

Periodical pumping with a violet (405 nm) diode of the Ruby crystal.

Impressions of a Pr:Ylf laser
Ruby Laser Interference

Interferenc at a thin glass plate

Iodine Raman Laser
Diode pumped Nd:YAG Laser

Diode pumped (808 nm) Nd:YAG laser (1064 nm) with Frequenvy doubling