Photos of Miscellaneous Lasers, Components, and Accessories

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Photos of Miscellaneous Lasers, Components, and Accessories

These are all the assorted random lasers and bits and pieces of lasers that don't conveniently rate a page of their own. :-)

(Except as noted, photos and descriptions provided courtesy of: Curt Graber (cgraber@fwi.com).)

Barcode Scanner Using HeNe Laser (Gallery)
This is the optics and electronics assembly from a typical barcode scanner based on a HeNe laser.
- View 01 - Barcode scanner system with 1 mW Hene laser and some neat optics and other pieces view.
- View 02 - Processor unit.
- View 03 - Optics assembly, side view.
- View 04 - HeNe laser and beam delivery to optics table, side view.
Assorted Laserdisc Player Components (Gallery)
- View 01 - Contents of commercial laserdisk player optical pick-up: (top/left-closkwise) 780 nm 4 mw diode and power driver board, optics and tracking galvos for beam delivery, photo power cell (power meter), electromagnetic focus optic, colimating lens, high reflector mirror, 80/20 prism/cube beamsplitter.
- View 02 - Laserdisc player optical pickup assembled.
(The following 2 photos provided courtesy of: Jeffrey Kitz (kitztech@vbe.com).)
- View 03 - Complete optical deck and laser power supply from an older Sony Laserdisc (video) player. Unlike modern LD players which used diode lasers, this one uses a HeNe laser. The laser is powered and the path of the beam is can be seen starting at the right-end of the HeNe tube and exiting from the objective lens in the upper center of the photo (visible as the red glow on the lens).
- View 04 - Closeup of the optical deck. The laser tube is a Toshiba LG-3217 and is approximately 9.75 inches long. Note all glass construction (non-adjustable mirrors) and internal Brewster window to produce polarized beam. Assembly also contains a beam splitter, several fixed mirrors, a electronically movable mirror and a lens plus motors and other electronics.
(The following 2 photos provided courtesy of: Dave (dm_rm@bellsouth.net).)
- View 05 - Lower electronics deck (underside) of another HeNe laser-based LaserDisc player. The optical pickup is about 5"x12"x2" and moves on roller bearing slides for coarse tracking across the disc. The transformer for both the low voltage and high voltage power supplies is at the lower left with the LV regulator PCB above it and the HeNe laser power supply HV PCB on its right. The fan blades are on the main spindle motor shaft. I'm not sure of the exact model of this LD player but it may be an LD-1100.
- View 06 - Closeup of optical pickup with components labeled.
(The following composite photo provided courtesy of: David Miyares (dm@azuca.com).)
- View 07 - Closeups of Toshiba LG-3217 polarized HeNe laser tube showing Brewster plate.
Assorted Laser Printer Components (Gallery) These parts were removed from a large frame high speed laser printer (drum size: 18" diameter x 36" wide!!).
- View 01 - Polygon scanner (10 sided mirror) and primary lens (f.8).
- View 02 - Polygon scanner with driver board.
- View 03 - AO modulator with AOM driver module (video in and RF out).
- View 04 - Various prisms and optics from printer.
GTE/Sylvania Q-switch (Gallery)
- View 01 - Driver module and rotary prism Q-switch.
- View 02 - Driver module, front view.
- View 03 - Driver module, top rear view.
Jake's Laser Projector Using Argon Ion and HeNe Laser (Gallery)
(The following 3 photos provided courtesy of: Jake Wolfe (yagmaster1@yahoo.com).)
- View 01 - Overall view of 150 mW laser projector using ALC-60X argon ion laser (blue and green) and Uniphase 30 mW HeNe laser (red). Note Neos controller in foreground.
- View 02 - Closeup of laser-optics board.
- View 03 - View top showing beam combining, modulation, and deflection components.
Curt's Custom Beam Scanner System (Gallery)
- View 01 - Scanner system with GS 100's and mounts.
- View 02 - Closeup view.
Coherent Laser Power Meter (Gallery)
- View 01 - Power meter with liquid cooled puck sensor 100 mW to 100 W range.

Photos of Miscellaneous Lasers, Components, and Accessories

Barcode Scanner

Assorted Laserdisc Player Components

Assorted Laser Printer Components

GTE/Sylvania Q-switch

Jake's Laser Projector Using Argon Ion and HeNe Laser

Curt's Custom Beam Scanner System

Coherent Laser Power Meter