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PART I - Basics, Safety, General Information, Instruments, Applications,
Experiments
- What is a Laser and How Does It Work (laserfaq.htm).
- Laser Safety (lasersaf.htm).
- Class I Caution Label - Enclosed Laser (Invisible
Wavelength) (cl1inv1.gif).
- Class I Caution Label - Enclosed Laser (Visible
Wavelength) (cl1vis1.gif).
- Class II Caution Label - Diode Laser, 1 mW Maximum
Output at 635-670 nm (cl2dio1.gif).
- Class II Caution Label - Helium-Neon Laser, 1 mW Maximum Output at 632.8 nm (cl2hen1.gif).
- Class IIIa Danger Label - Diode Laser, 5 mW Maximum Output at 670 nm (cl3adio1.gif).
- Class IIIa Danger Label - Helium-Neon Laser, 5 mW Maximum Output at 632.8 nm (cl3ahen1.gif).
- Class IIIb Danger Label - Helium-Neon Laser, 25 mW Maximum Output at 632.8 nm (cl3bhen1.gif).
- Class IIIb Danger Label - Argon Ion Laser, 50 mW Maximum Output at 488 nm (cl3barg1.gif).
- Class IIIb Danger Label - Argon Ion Laser, 100 mW Maximum Output at 455-529 nm (multiline) (cl3barg2.gif).
- Class IIIb Danger Label - Diode Laser, 50 mW Maximum Output at 670 nm (cl3bdio1.gif).
- Class IV Danger Label - Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser, 50 mJ Maximum Output at 1064 nm, 5 mJ Maximum Output at 532 nm (cl4yag2.gif).
- Class IV Danger Label - Carbon Dioxide Laser, 100 W Maximum Output at 10.6 um (CW) (cl4co21.gif).
- Class IV Danger Label - Carbon Dioxide Laser, 1200 W (CW); 1.2 J, 100 us (Pulsed) Maximum Output at 10.6 µm (cl4co22.gif).
- Class IV Danger Label - Diode Laser, 5 W Maximum Output at 780-980 nm (cl4dio1.gif).
- Class IV Danger Label - DPSS Laser, 1 W Maximum Output at 532 nm (cl4dio1.gif).
- Class IV Danger Label - Excimer Laser, 1 J, 100 PPS Maximum Output at 157-351 nm (cl4exc1.gif).
- Class IV Danger Label - Krypton Ion Laser, 10 W Maximum Output at 530-647 nm (multiline) (cl4kry1.gif).
- Class IV Danger Label - Nd:YAG Laser, 5 J, 20 PPS Maximum Output at 1064 nm (cl4yag1.gif).
- Class IV Danger Label - Nd:YAG Laser, 5 J, 20 PPS Maximum Output at 1064 nm (cl4yag1.gif).
- Laser Aperture Caution Label (apert1.gif).
- Lab Laser Warning Sign (labwarn1.gif).
- High Voltage Danger Label - 15,000 VAC
(hv15a1.gif).
- High Voltage Danger Label - 25,000 VDC
(hv25d1.gif).
- High Voltage Danger Label - 35 J Maximum at 1,000 VDC (hv25e5.gif).
- High Energy Danger Label - 2,500 J Maximum at 5,000 VDC (hv25e5.gif).
- Tektronix Oscilloscope Attacked by Pulsed Laser (shotscp1.jpg).
- Items of Interest (laserioi.htm).
- Laser Instruments and Applications
(laserlia.htm).
- Principles of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (jglibsd1.gif).
- John Green's LIBS System (jglibsl1).
- John Green's SSY1 Power Supply (jglibsp1.jpg).
- Several LIBS Spectra (jglibss1.jpg).
- Laser Experiments and Projects (laserexp.htm).
PART II - Print/Web Laser and Optics Resources, Laser and Parts Suppliers,
Manufacturers
PART III - Lasers Based on Commercial Components - Diode, HeNe, Ion, CO2,
HeCd, SS
- Diode Lasers (laserdio.htm).
- Diode Laser Power Supplies (laserdps.htm).
- Helium Neon Lasers (laserhen.htm).
- Commercial Unstabilized HeNe Lasers (laserhcl.htm).
- Stabilized HeNe Lasers (laserhsl.htm).
- Commercial Stabilized HeNe Lasers (laserhst.htm).
- Compact Laser Power Meter for HeNe Stabilized Lasers (henelpm1.jpg).
- Photo of Sam's Super Simple Gauss Meter (sgmeter1.jpg).
- Sam's Magneto-Matic Dial-A-Field™ Alnico Magnet Charger 1 (sgmmdaf1.jpg).
- Messy Interior of Sam's Magneto-Matic
Dial-A-Field™ Alnico Magnet Charger 1 (sgmmdaf2.jpg).
- Schematics for Sam's Magneto-Matic Dial-A-Field™ Alnico Magnet Charger 1 (sgdf1sch.pdf).
- Sam's Magneto-Matic Dial-A-Field™ Alinco Magnet Charger 3.
- Closeup of Sam's Magneto-Matic Dial-A-Field™ Alinco Magnet Charger 3 Circuit Board (sgdf3p1.jpg).
- Schematic of Sam's Magneto-Matic Dial-A-Field™ Alinco Magnet Charger 3 (sgdf3sch.pdf).
- Sam's Photomon Dropout Detector 1 (sgdo1sch.pdf).
- Zeeman Frequency Counter using µMD1 (zlfcntr1.jpg).
- Zeeman Frequency Counter using Low Cost Kit (zlfcntr2.jpg).
- Photo of Aerotech Syncrolase 100 With External HeNe Laser Power Supply (atsl1p1.jpg).
- Melles Griot Fiber-Coupled 05-STP-910 Stabilized HeNe Laser (stp910fc.jpg).
- Melles Griot 05-STP-910-536 Reference Laser for Agilent 86122B Multi-Wavelength Meter (stp910ag.jpg).
- Schematic of Aerotech Syncrolase 100 Controller (atsl1sch.pdf).
- Photo Showing Components of Aerotech Syncrolase 100 With Internal HeNe Laser Power Supply (atsl1p2.jpg).
- Closeup of Cathode-End of HeNe
Laser Tube Used in Aerotech Syncrolase 100 (atsl1tp1.jpg).
- Closeup of Induction Heating Coil of
Aerotech Syncrolase 100 (atsl1hp1.jpg).
- Aerotech Syncrolase 100 Controller - Left Side View (atsl1cpl.jpg).
- Aerotech Syncrolase 100 Controller - Right Side View (atsl1cpr.jpg).
- Melles Griot 05-STP-91x (Syncrolase) Controller - Through Hole Version (mg91xp0.jpg).
- Melles Griot 05-STP-91x (Syncrolase) Controller - Surface Mount Version (mg91xp1.jpg).
- Melles Griot 05-STP-91x (Syncrolase) Controller Surface Mount PCB (mg91xp2.jpg).
- Melles Griot 05-STP-910 Coil Meltdown 1 (stp91-md.jpg).
- Melles Griot 05-STP-91x (Syncrolase) Locking Adapter with Dual Mode Option Added (mg91xdm1.jpg).
- Plot of "Flipper" Aerotech OEM1R HeNe Laser Head During First Part of Warmup (oem1rfm2.gif).
- Plot of "Flipper" Aerotech OEM1R HeNe Laser Head During First Part of Warmup (Combined) (oem1rfm3.gif).
- Plot of "Flipper" Aerotech OEM1R HeNe Laser Head at Transition to Normal Behavior (Combined) (oem1rfm4.gif).
- Comparison of Output Power Profiles of the Tubes used in the Melles Griot 05-STP-910 and 05-STP-912 Stabilized HeNe Lasers (mgstpms1.gif).
- Mode Sweep of Melles Griot 05-LHR-704 HeNe Laser Tube (lhr704m1.gif).
- Mode Sweep of Melles Griot 05-LHR-706 HeNe Laser Tube (lhr706m1.gif).
- Mode Sweep of Aerotech LZR2000 Stabilized HeNe Laser (atlzr-m1.gif).
- Stick-Slip Events in Aerotech LZR2000 Stabilized HeNe Laser (atlzr-m2.gif).
- Interferometer Using Single-Frequency HeNe Laser (inter1f.gif).
- Aerotech Interlase 300SF/FCD300 System View 1 (at300s1.jpg).
- Aerotech Interlase 300SF/FCD300 System View 2 (at300s2.jpg).
- Aerotech 300SF Laser Head with Built-in Interferometer (at300lh.jpg).
- Closeup of Front of 300SF showing Ready and Fringe LEDs (at300lf.jpg).
- Locking Adapter/Fringe Detector PCBs of Aerotech 300SF Laser Head (at300lp.jpg).
- Aerotech FCD300 Fringe Counter Front Panel (at300fc.jpg).
- Aerotech FCD300 Fringe Counter Rear Panel (at300fb.jpg).
- Interior of Aerotech FCD300 Fringe Counter (at300fi.jpg).
- Aerotech Interlase 300 Signal Monitor Test Box (at300tb.jpg).
- Coherent Model 200 Stabilized HeNe Laser (co200p1.jpg).
- Coherent Model 200 Laser Head Components (co200-h.jpg).
- Coherent Model 200 Controller Front (co200-cf.jpg).
- Coherent Model 200 Controller Back (co200-cb.jpg).
- Coherent Model 200 Controller Interior (co200-ci.jpg).
- Coherent Model 200 Control PCB (co200-cp.jpg).
- Plot of Coherent Model 200 Stabilized HeNe Laser
Head During Warmup (coh200m1.gif).
- Plot of Coherent Model 200 Stabilized HeNe Laser
Head Near End of Warmup (coh200m2.gif).
- Schematic of Coherent Model 200 Stabilized HeNe Laser (co200sch.pdf).
- Diagram of Strange Fiber-Coupled Interferometer (cointrf1.gif).
- Tropel Model 100 Laser Head
Components (tr100-h.jpg).
- Tropel Model 100 Controller
Back (tr100-cb.jpg).
- Tropel Model 100 Controller Interior
(tr100-ci.jpg).
- Tropel Model 100 HeNe Laser Power
Supply (tr100-ps.jpg).
- Tropel Model 100 Control PCB
(tr100-cp.jpg).
- Excel 1001B HeNe Laser Tube Assembly Components (ex1btc1.jpg).
- Typical Uniphase HeNe Laser Tube from a Barcode Scanner (uphnlt1.jpg).
- Excel 1001F Laser - Left Side Interior
(ex1fli.jpg).
- Excel 1001F Laser - Right Side Interior (ex1fri.jpg).
- Excel 1001F Laser - Control PCB (ex1flcb.jpg).
- Iodine Stabilized HeNe Laser Head (ishenep1.jpg).
- Iodine Stabilized HeNe Laser Head With Cover Removed (ishene1.jpg).
- Frazier Model 100 Iodine Stabilized HeNe Laser System (ishenefs.jpg).
- Frazier Model 100 Iodine Stabilized HeNe Laser Controller (ishenefc.jpg).
- Frazier Model 100 Left (Lock) Module Interior (ishenefl.jpg).
- Frazier Model 100 Center (Bias) Module Interior (ishenefm.jpg).
- Frazier Model 100 Right (Sweep) Module Interior (ishenefr.jpg).
- HP 5501A and 5501B Reference and Power Rear Panel Connectors (5501con1.jpg).
- HP 5501A Diagnostic Rear Panel Connectors (5501con2.jpg).
- HP/Agilent 5517 Laser Rear Panel Connector (5517con1.jpg).
- Interferometer Using Two-Frequency HeNe Laser (inter2f.gif).
- Internal Structure of Hewlett Packard 5500A/B Laser Tube Assembly (hp5500a1.gif).
- Internal Structure of Hewlett Packard 5500C and 5501A Laser Tube Assemblies (hp5501a1.gif).
- HP-5501A Laser Tube Assembly (hp5501at.jpg).
- HP-5501A Laser Tube Removed From Magnet and Output Optics Assembly (hp5501an.jpg).
- Major Components of HP-5501A HeNe Laser Tube (hp5501t1.jpg).
- Internal Structure of Hewlett
Packard 5517B/C/D Laser Tube Assemblies (hp5517t1.gif).
- Internal Structure of Agilent 5517E/F/G Laser Tube Assemblies (ag5517e1.gif).
- Tube Assembly Used in Agilent 5517 Lasers with Short Tubes and 9 mm Beam Expander (ag5517s2.jpg).
- Agilent/Keysight 5517 Laser Beam Expander with Aperture Plate Removed (agksbea1.jpg).
- HP/Agilent 5517 "Long" HeNe Laser Tube (hp5517lt.gif).
- Agilent 5517 "Short" HeNe Laser Tube (ag5517st.gif).
- Internal Structure of Agilent Prototype 5517E Laser Tube Assembly (ag5517e0.gif).
- Agilent "Short" HeNe Laser Tube Cavity Parameters (agstcl1.gif).
- Tube Assembly Used in HP-5517B/C/D Two-Frequency HeNe Lasers (5517b-t1.jpg).
- Major Components of HP/Agilent 5517B/C/D Laser Tube Assembly (5517b-t2.jpg).
- Internal Structure of Hewlett Packard 5501B Laser Tube Assembly (hp5501b1.gif).
- Tube Assembly Used in Original HP-5501B
Two-Frequency HeNe Lasers (5501b-t1.jpg).
- Major Components of Original HP-5501B Laser Tube Assembly (5501b-t2.jpg).
- Tube Assembly Used in HP-5517A, 5518A, a
nd 5519A/B Two-Frequency HeNe Lasers (5517a-t1.jpg).
- Major Components of HP-5517A, 5518A, and 5519A/B Tube Assembly (5517a-t2.jpg).
- Internal Structure of Newer Hewlett Packard 5517A, 5518A, and 5519A/B Laser Tube Assemblies (hp5517a2.gif).
- Internal Structure of Older Hewlett Packard 5517A, 5518A, and 5519A/B Laser Tube Assemblies (hp5517a1.gif).
- Internal Structure of Original Hewlett Packard 5517A and 5518A Laser Tube Assemblies (hp5517a0.gif).
- Tube Assembly Used in Original HP-5517A and 5518A Two-Frequency HeNe Lasers (5517a-t0.jpg).
- Tube Assembly Used in Agilent 5517E/F/G
Two-Frequency HeNe Lasers (5517e-t1.jpg).
- Major Components of Agilent 5517E/F/G Laser Tube Assembly (5517e-t2.jpg).
- Internal Structure of Agilent 5517A and 5519A/B Laser Tube Assemblies (ag5517a1.gif).
- Internal Structure of Possible High Power "Short" Tube (shorttb1.gif).
- Types of HP/Agilent Thermally Tuned HeNe Laser Tubes (hpagtbs1.gif).
- X-ray Views of Typical Long-LV (5501B), Long-HV (5517C), and Short (5517D) HP/Agilent HeNe Laser Tubes (hptbxry1.jpg).
- Suggested Improvements to Keysight "Short" HeNe Laser Tube (ks5517si.gif).
- HP/Agilent/Keysight 5517 Laser Tube Beam Profile Ring Artifacts (hp5517ra.jpg).
- Axial Zeeman Split HeNe Laser Mode Behavior (zeemode1.gif).
- Avoiding Unwanted "Rogue" Modes in Zeeman-Split HeNe Lasers (zeemode3.gif).
- Rogue Spatial Modes in Agilent 5517 Laser (5517rm1.jpg).
- Normal and Zeeman-Split HeNe Laser Mode Power Curves (zeemode5.gif).
- HP-5517C HeNe Laser Tube Mode Sweep Behavior (5517cmb1.gif).
- Mode Sweep of Agilent 5517C HeNe Laser Tube with No Magnetic Field (ag5517m1.gif).
- Field Along Central Axis of Ideal Magnet used in HP/Agilent Laser (hpmgfld1.gif).
- Magnetic Field Along Central Axis of Double Length HP/Agilent Laser Magnet (hpmgfld2.gif).
- Axial Magnetic Field Distribution On-Axis for Cylindrical Permanent Magnets with Various Length (l) to Diameter (d) Ratios (cmgflds1.gif).
- HP-5517C HeNe Laser Tube Mode Sweep Versus Magnetic Field (5517cmb2.gif).
- SFPI Display of Lasing Mode Power Envelope of Horizontal Polarized Output of Healthy HP/Agilent 5517B Laser (ag5517m1.jpg).
- HP/Agilent 5517B Split Frequency and Output Power Versus Mode Number (5517ref1.gif).
- Diagram of Test Setup for HP/Agilent Laser Optical Frequency Comparison (tfiltst3.gif).
- Photo of Test Setup for HP/Agilent Laser Optical Frequency Comparison (tfiltst3.jpg).
- Rebuilt HP/Agilent/Keysight Laser Tube Assembly 1 (hakrbld1.jpg):
- Rebuilt HP/Agilent/Keysight Laser Tube Assembly 2 (hakrbld2.jpg):
- Rebuilt HP/Agilent/Keysight Laser Tube Assembly 3 (hakrbld3.jpg):
- Rebuilt HP/Agilent/Keysight Laser Tube Assembly 4 (hakrbld4.jpg):
- HP-5500A HeNe Laser High Voltage Assembly (5500aps1.jpg).
- Original HP-5525A with HP-5500A, HP-5505A, and Retroreflector - View 1 (hp5525a1.jpg).
- Original HP-5525A with HP-5500A, HP-5505A, and Retroreflector - View 2 (hp5525a2.jpg).
- Original HP-5525A with HP-5500A, HP-5505A, and Retroreflector - View 3 (hp5525a3.jpg).
- Modified HP-5500C with Linear Interferometer Mounted in Centrifuge (hp5500cc).
- Interior of the HP-5501A Laser Head - Left Side (hp5501-1.jpg).
- Interior of the HP-5501A Laser Head - Right Side (hp5501-2.jpg).
- Interior of the HP-5501B Laser Head - Left Side (hp5501-3.jpg).
- Interior of the HP-5501B Laser Head - Right Side (hp5501-4.jpg).
- Tube Used in HP-5517B Two-Frequency HeNe Laser (hp5517ta.jpg).
- Closeup of HP-5501B Laser Connector PCB (5501bc1.jpg).
- Interior of the HP-5517A Laser Head (hp5517-1.jpg)
- Tube Used in Agilent 5517E/F/G Two-Frequency HeNe Laser (hp5517te.jpg).
- Closeup of Back and Front of Agilent 5517FL Laser Tube (5517f-tc.jpg).
- Closeup of Back and Front of HP/Agilent 5517B/C/D Laser Tubes (5517b-tc.jpg).
- Agilent 5517E Laser Head With Cover Removed (5517e-c1.jpg).
- Closeup of OC Mirror Assembly in Short 5517D HeNe Laser Tube (agstocm1.jpg).
- Agilent 5517 Laser Type III Control PCB (5517pcb3.jpg).
- Agilent 5517E Laser Head - Left Side View (5517e-ls.jpg).
- Agilent 5517E Laser Tube Assembly - Rear View (5517e-tb.jpg).
- Agilent 5517FL Laser and Components (5517f-c1.jpg).
- Individual Parts of HP-5517B HeNe Laser
Tube (hp5517tx.jpg).
- Individual Parts of Agilent 5517E HeNe Laser Tube (ag5517ex.jpg).
- Closeup of HR, Bore, and OC of Agilent 5517E HeNe Laser Tube (ag5517ec.jpg).
- HP/Agilent 5517B/C/D Laser Transducer -
Left Side View (hp5517l1.jpg).
- HP/Agilent 5517B/C/D Laser Transducer -
Right Side View (hp5517r1.jpg).
- Plot of Hewlett Packard Model 5517C Stabilized Laser During Warmup (hp5517m1.gif).
- Plot of Hewlett Packard Model 5517C Stabilized Laser Near End of Warmup (hp5517m2.gif).
- HP-5517 Zeeman Split HeNe Laser Mode Behavior (zeemode2.gif).
- Mode Competition in HP/Agilent 5517 Zeeman-Split HeNe Laser (zmdcomp1.gif).
- HP-5517 Zeeman Split HeNe Laser Mode Behavior Versus Mode Position on Gain Curve (hp5517m3.gif).
- HP/Aglient 5517E HeNe Laser Tube Mode Sweep Behavior (5517emb1.gif).
- HP/Agilent 5517E HeNe Laser Tube Mode Behavior with No Magnet - Expanded (5517emb2.gif).
- Modes and Beat Frequency of HP-5501A HeNe Laser Tube 1 With Normal Axial Magnetic Field (hp5501m1.gif).
- SP-007 HeNe Laser Tube Zeeman Split Mode Sweep Behavior (007zmb1.gif).
- HP-5517D Zeeman-Split HeNe Laser Tube Mode Sweep Versus Tube Current (5517dmc1.gif).
- HP/Agilent 5517 Zeeman-Split HeNe Laser Mode Sweep Animation (hp5517ms.pps).
- HP/Agilent 5517 Zeeman-Split HeNe Laser Mode Sweep Sequence (hp5517zm.pps).
- HeNe Laser Mode Sweep: 127 mm (~5 inch) Cavity Length Showing Effect of Mode Competition (henemc1.pps).
- Mode Sweep Animation of Short Random Polarized HeNe Laser Tube (henemy1.gif).
- Mode Sweep Animation of HP-5517 Zeeman-Split HeNe Laser(hp5517zm.gif).
- Mode Sweep Animation of HP-5517 HeNe Laser Tube with No Magnet(hp5517nz.gif).
- Beam Expanders for HP/Agilent 5501B and 5517B/C/D Lasers (hpbmexp1.jpg).
- HP/Agilent Waveplate Assemblies (hpwplts1.jpg).
- Typical 0.5 mW ~6 Inch Long Barcode Scanner HeNe Laser Tube (bctube1.gif).
- Diagram of Two-Frequency Interferometer Laser Tester (tfiltst1.gif).
- Photos of VMI PS 373 HeNe Laser Power Supply and De-Potted Components (vmi373p0.jpg).
- Photos of VMI PS 253 HeNe Laser Power Supply and Partially De-Potted Components (vmi253p0.jpg).
- HP-5517A Connector PCB with Interlock and Service Switches (5517acb1.jpg).
- HP/Agilent/Keysight 5517B/C/D/E/F/G Connector PCB A1 (5517s-a1.jpg).
- Hewlett Packard 5517 Laser Type I Control PCB (5517pcb1.jpg).
- Agilent 5517 Laser Type II Control PCB (5517pcb2.jpg).
- Hewlett Packard 5517A Laser Type I Control PCB (5517pcb1.jpg).
- Agilent 5517A Laser Type II Control PCB (5517pcb2.jpg).
- Upgraded Electronics for HP-5517 Lasers 1 (hplm1sch.pdf).
- Upgraded Electronics for HP-5517 Lasers 2 (hplm2sch.pdf).
- Modified Beam Sampler and Offset Adjust Circuit for HP/Agilent 5517 Laser (hplm2p1.jpg).
- HP/Agilent 5517B/C/D and 5501B Waveplate Adjustment Adapter (hpwpa1.jpg).
- Modified Type I Control PCB in Sam's Lab Rat 5517/5501B Test Laser (hplra3p1.jpg)
- Modified HP-5517/5501B Front Shutter Wheel with Added Aperture Holes (hplrmsw1.jpg).
- Modified HP-5517/5501B Mount for Zeeman Testing (zeetmmt1.jpg).
- HP-5517 Laser with Full Range Adjustable Magnet for Variable REF Frequency (hp5517fr.jpg).
- Hewlett Packard 5501A HeNe Laser Tube with Missing Coating in Center of Output Mirror (5501ax1.jpg).
- Hewlett Packard 5517B HeNe Laser Tube with Missing Coating in Center of Output Mirror (5517bx1.jpg).
- Agilent 5517C Laser with Random Dropouts (ag5517d1.gif).
- Agilent 5517C HeNe Laser Tube Glitches (ag5517g1.jpg).
- Closeup of Spring Cathode Contact Inside HP/Agilent 5517 Laser Tube.
- Agilent 5517C Tube Glitches over 12.5 Hours (ag5517g2.gif).
- Agilent 5501B HeNe Laser Tube Glitches 1 (ag5501g1.jpg).
- Agilent 5501B HeNe Laser Tube Glitches 2 (ag5501g2.jpg).
- Agilent 5501B HeNe Laser Tube Glitches 2 (ag5501g3.jpg).
- Agilent 5501B HeNe Laser Tube Glitches 2 (ag5501g4.jpg).
- Agilent 5501B HeNe Laser Tube Glitches 2 (ag5501g5.jpg).
- Zeeman Frequency Reduction Using "Tin" Can Stock. (zfrtcs1.jpg).
- Defective LCD Polarization Rotator in HP/Agilent HeNe Laser (badlcd1.jpg).
- Agilent 5517 Tube with Fractured Mirror Spacing Rod Attempting to Start and Running (agfmsr1.jpg).
- Closeup of Agilent "Short" Tube with Internal Damage (agstbb1.jpg).
- HP/Agilent Laser Tube Assemblies Backs (hpaglsb1.jpg)
- Rear Insulating Cover on Agilent 5517 Short Tube Laser Assemblies (ag5517c1.jpg).
- Comparison of Agilent Short and Long 9 mm Tube Assemblies (aghptba1.jpg).
- Laser Test for Straightness Stability (5519st1.gif).
- Photos of HP-5518A Optical Receiver PCB (hp18orp1.jpg).
- HP-5518A Optical Receiver Schematic (hp18rsch.pdf).
- Internal Optical Receiver PCB of HP/Agilent 5519A/B Laser (5519or1.jpg).
- Hewlett Packard/Agilent Angular and Straightness Interferometers (hpintrf2.gif).
- Home-Built Straightness Interferometer (hbsi1.gif).
- Photo of Sam's Straightness Test Optics (sgsrtop1.jpg).
- Sam's HP Interferometer Simulator in Action (hpitrsm1.jpg).
- Sam's HP/Agilent Laser Interferometer Simulator (hpitrsm2.jpg).
- RFI from 5508A Display in Interferometer (interfr1.mp3).
- Internal Structure of Agilent N1211A Laser Long Tube Assembly (ag1211t1.gif).
- Long-HV Tube Assembly used in Agilent N1211A Laser (ag1211t1.jpg).
- Major Components of Agilent N1211A Laser Long-HV Tube Assembly (ag1211t2.jpg).
- Agilent N1211A Laser Long-HV Tube Assembly Installed in 5517B Body (ag5517n1.jpg).
- Internal Structure of Keysight N1211A Short Laser Tube Assembly (ks1211t1.gif).
- Short Tube Assembly used in Agilent N1211A Laser (ks1211t1.jpg).
- Hewlett Packard 10780F Optical Receiver PCB (1078fpcb.jpg).
- Agilent E1709A Remote High Performance Optical Receiver PCB (e1709pcb.jpg).
- Agilent E1708A Remote Dynamic Receiver PCB (e1708pcb.jpg).
- Laboratory For Science Model 220 Ultra Stable HeNe Laser System (lfs220s.jpg).
- LFS Model 220: HR-End of Laser Head (lfs220h.jpg).
- LFS Model 220: OC-End of Laser Head (lfs220o.jpg).
- LFS Model 220: HeNe Laser Yoke and Tube (lfs220y.jpg).
- LFS Model 220: HeNe Laser Tube Heater Winding (lfs220w.jpg).
- LFS Model 220: HeNe Laser Power Supply (lfs220p.jpg).
- LFS Model 220: PLL Controller PCB (lfs220c.jpg).
- Laboratory For Science Model 200 Ultra Stable HeNe Laser System (lfs200s.jpg).
- LFS Model 200: HR-End of Laser Head (lfs200h.jpg).
- LFS Model 200: OC-End of Laser Head (lfs200o.jpg).
- LFS Model 200: HeNe Laser Tube Assembly (lfs200t.jpg).
- LFS Model 200: HeNe Laser Power Supply 1 (lfs200p.jpg).
- LFS Model 200: HeNe Laser Power Supply 2 (lfs200q.jpg).
- LFS Model 200: Auxiliary Capacitor Bank with Active Ripple Filter (lfs200i.jpg).
- LFS Model 200: Mode Controller PCB (lfs200c.jpg).
- LFS-200 HeNe Laser Power Supply (LFS-200) (lfs0hsch.pdf).
- LFS-200 Control PCB (lfs0csch.pdf).
- Laseangle RB-1 Stabilized HeNe Laser Head and Controller (larb1p1.jpg).
- Laseangle RB-1 Stabilized HeNe Laser System (larb1-s.jpg).
- Interior of Laseangle RB-1 Laser Head (larb1-h.jpg).
- Closeup of Beam Sampler and Electronics in Laseangle RB-1 Laser Head (larb1-e.jpg).
- Interior of Laseangle RB-1 Controller (larb1-i.jpg).
- Photo of Tube-Side of Mark-Tech Model
7900 Stabilized HeNe Laser (mt7900-1.jpg).
- Photo of Electronics-Side of Mark-Tech
Model 7900 Stabilized HeNe Laser (mt7900-2.jpg).
- Micro-g LaCoste ML1 Laser Head Left Side (micgml1l.jpg).
- Micro-g LaCoste ML1 Laser Head Right Side (micgml1r.jpg).
- Closeup of Micro-g LaCoste ML1 Laser Head Heater/Preamp PCB(micgml1h.jpg).
- Micro-g LaCoste ML1 Controller (micgml1c.jpg).
- Closeup of Micro-g LaCoste ML1 Lock PCB(micgml1a.jpg).
- Newport NL-1 Laser Head - Left Interior (nl1h-f.jpg).
- Newport NL-1 Controller - Front Interior (nl1c-f.jpg).
- Mode Profile of Nikon NKL-85 HeNe
Laser (nkl85m1.jpg).
- Typical Output Power versus Cavity Length for SP-119 Lamb Dip Stabilized HeNe Laser (heneopld.gif).
- Longitudinal Modes of Short HeNe Laser with Lamb Dip (henemdld.gif).
- NIST ISL with Cover in Place (nistisl1.jpg).
- NIST ISL with Cover Removed (nistisl2.jpg).
- Optodyne L-109R HeNe Laser Head - Overall View from back (odl109b.jpg)).
- Optodyne L-109R HeNe Laser Head - Left Side Interior View (odl109l.jpg).
- Optodyne L-109R HeNe Laser Head - Right Side Interior View (odl109r.jpg).
- Optodyne L-109R HeNe Laser Head - Closeup of Interferometer Optics (odl109t.jpg).
- Optodyne L-109R HeNe Laser Head - Closeup of Stabilization Electronics (odl109e.jpg)
- Optra Optralite Two-Frequency HeNe Laser - Back Panel (opol1-b.jpg).
- Optra Optralite Two-Frequency HeNe Laser - Left Side Interior (opol1-li.jpg).
- Optra Optralite Two-Frequency HeNe Laser - Right Side Interior (opol1-ri.jpg).
- Optra Optralite Two-Frequency HeNe Laser - Control PCB (opol1-pc.jpg).
- Optra Optralite Two-Frequency HeNe Laser - Photodiode Amplifiers Schematic (opolasch.pdf).
- Optra Optralite Two-Frequency HeNe Laser - PLL Locking System Schematic (opolpsch.pdf).
- Optra Optralite Two-Frequency HeNe Laser - Miscellaneous Logic and Chassis Components Schematic (opollsch.pdf).
- Perkin Elmer 5800 Stabilized HeNe Interferometer Laser Optics (pe58iop.gif).
- Renishaw ML10 Top View (ml10-rt.jpg).
- Renishaw ML10 Bottom showing Labels (ml10-bl.jpg).
- Renishaw ML10 with Cover Removed
(ml10-i1.jpg).
- Renishaw ML10 with Digital PCB
Removed (ml10-i2.jpg).
- Renishaw ML10 with Laser Tube Shroud
Removed (ml10-i3.jpg).
- Closeup of Renishaw ML10 Laser Tube
Assembly (ml10-t1.jpg).
- Components of Tube Assembly in Renidhaw ML10 Stabilized HeNe Laser (ml10tds1.jpg).
- Closeup of Renishaw ML10 Analog PCB Adjustments and Test-Points ().
- Renishaw ML10 Top View (hs10-rt.jpg).
- Renishaw HS10 Front (hs10-f.jpg).
- Renishaw HS10 Back View 1 (hs10-b.jpg).
- Renishaw HS10 Back View 2 (hs10-rb.jpg).
- Renishaw HS10 with Cover Removed (hs10-i1.jpg).
- Renishaw HS10 with main PCB Removed (hs10-i2.jpg).
- Renishaw HS10 with main PCB and Shield Removed (hs10-i3.jpg).
- Renishaw HS10 DC-DC Converter PCB (hs10-c1.jpg).
- Renishaw HS10 Laser Tube Assembly (hs10-t1.jpg).
- Renishaw HS10 Label (hs10-l1.jpg).
- Renishaw RLU10 Single Axis Fibre-Optic Encoder (rlu10-2.jpg).
- Renishaw RLU10 Single Axis Fibre-Optic Encoder Label (rlu10-2.jpg).
- Top Interior View of Renishaw RLU10
Fibre Optic Encoder (rlu10ti1.jpg).
- Top Interior View of Renishaw RLU10 Fibre Optic Encoder with Upper PCB Removed (rlu10ti2.jpg).
- Renishaw RLU10 Upper PCB (rlu10up1.jpg).
- Bottom Interior View of Renishaw RLU10 Fibre Optic Encoder (rlu10bi1.jpg).
- Top Interior View of Renishaw RLU20 Fibre Optic Encoder (rlu20ti1.jpg).
- Top Interior View of Renishaw RLU20 Fibre Optic Encoder with Upper PCB Removed (rlu20ti2.jpg).
- Renishaw RLU20 Tube Enclosure and HeNe Laser Power Supply (rlu20te2.jpg).
- Renishaw RLU20 Tube in "Half Coffin" (rlu20tc1.jpg).
- Renishaw RLU20 Tube Assembly Fiberglas Tape and other Parts (rlu20tt1.jpg).
- Comparison of Renishaw RLU Beam Splitter Boxes with and without Motor (rlubswm2.jpg).
- Renishaw RLU Beam Splitter Box Annotated with Beam Paths (rlubsa1.jpg).
- Renishaw RLD PMI Detector Head Diagram (rldpmi1.gif).
- Top Interior of Renishaw RLD PMI Head (rldpmti1.jpg).
- Closeup of Main PCB in Renishaw RLD PMI Head (rldpmpc1.jpg).
- Test Setup for Renishaw RLE10 Fibre Optic Encoder (rle10su1.jpg).
- Processing Electronics for Testing Renishaw RLE10 (rle10pe1.jpg).
- Closeup of Interferometer Components for Testing Renishaw RLE10 (rle10in1.jpg).
- Screenshot of µMD1 Display Showing Testing of Renishaw RLE10 (rle10ss1.gif).
- Basic Homodyne Laser Interferometer
Quadrature Decoders (quaddec1.gif).
- Sam's Renishaw RLE Interferometer Interface 1 (sgrs1sch.pdf).
- Quadrature Interpolator using Flash A/Ds and Lookup Table (quaditr2.gif).
- Renishaw RGE10D01A00 10X Quadrature Interpolator PCBs Top and Bottom (rgepcb1.jpg).
- Renishaw RGE00D04A00 100X Quadrature Interpolator PCBs Top and Bottom (rgepcb2.jpg).
- Renishaw REE2000E06A 2000X Quadrature Interpolator PCBs (reepcb1.jpg).
Top and Bottom.
- Renishaw RCB25Y00L00 25X Quadrature Interpolator PCBs Top and Bottom (rcbpcb1.jpg).
- Renishaw REE2000E06A 2000X Quadrature Interpolator Processing ICs (reeics1.jpg).
- REO Tube from Stabilized HeNe Laser Head (reot1.jpg).
- REO Stabilized HeNe Laser Tube Showing Dual HR, Anode Pin, Magnet, and Temperature Sensor (reot1hms.jpg).
- REO Stabilized HeNe Laser Tube HR-End Components (reot1hrm.jpg).
- Mode Sweep of Stabilized HeNe Laser Using a Well Behaved REO Tube (reo2m1.gif).
- Research Electro-Optics 32734 Stabilized HeNe Laser Tube Assembly (reot3.jpg).
- Preamp PCB in REO Model 32734 Stabilized HeNe Laser Head (reopa1.jpg).
- Mode Sweep of Tube from REO Model 32734 Stabilized HeNe Laser.
- Mode Sweep of Twitchy REO Tube Found in Stabilized HeNe Laser Head (reo1m1.gif).
- Mode Sweep of Tube from REO 32734 Stabilized HeNe Laser with Heater Driven (reo3m2.gif).
- Polarized Mode Monitor for REO Stabilized Laser Head Preamp (reopmm1.jpg).
- Interior of REO Stabilized Laser Controller 1 (reoslc1.jpg).
- Interior of REO Stabilized Laser Controller 2 (reoslc2.jpg).
- Mode Sweep of REO 33099 Stabilized HeNe Laser 1 (reosl2m1.gif).
- Mode Sweep of REO 33099 Stabilized HeNe Laser 2 (reosl2m1.gif).
- Mode Sweep of Short Metrologic Metal-Ceramic Hard-Seal HeNe Laser Tube (mlschsm1.gif).
- Mode Behavior of Tube from REO 32734 Stabilized HeNe Laser versus Magnetic Field (reo3m3.gif).
- Mode Sweep of Stabilized HeNe Laser Using a Well Behaved REO Tube (reo2m1.gif).
- SIOS SL02/1 Stabilized HeNe Laser (siossl2h.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 117 Stabilized HeNe Laser System (sp117s1.jpg)
- Spectra-Physics Model 117 Stabilized HeNe Laser Head
Components (sp117h1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics 117 Power/Logic 1
Section
(117psch.pdf).
- Spectra-Physics 117 Logic 2 Section
(117lsch.pdf).
- Spectra-Physics 117 Analog Section
(117asch.pdf).
- Spectra-Physics 117A Power/Logic 1
Section
(117apsch.pdf).
- Spectra-Physics 117A Logic 2 Section
(117alsch.pdf).
- Spectra-Physics 117A Analog Section
(117aasch.pdf).
- Spectra-Physics Model 117 OEM Stabilized HeNe
Laser Assembly. (sp117o1.jpg).
- SP-117A Stabilized HeNe Laser Linear Heater Drive Modification (117lhdm1.gif).
- Plot of Spectra-Physics 088 HeNe Laser Tube During Warmup (Detail) (sp088m2.gif).
- The Lamb Dip in a Helium-Neon Laser (lambdip1.gif).
- Spectra-Physics 119 HeNe Laser Tube 1 With Good Complexion (sp119t1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics 119 HeNe Laser Tube 2 With Good Complexion (sp119t2.jpg).
- SP-119 Tube Test Stand (sp119ts1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics 119 Laser Head with 259B
Exciter - Locked (sp119l1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 119 Laser Head - Overall View (sp119h1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 119 Laser Head - Interior View (sp119i1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 119 Laser Head - Interior Front View (sp119f1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 119 Laser Head - Interior Rear View (sp119r1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics 119 Laser Tube 3 Under Various Lighting Conditions (sp119t3.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 259B Exciter - Overall View (sp259o1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 259B Exciter - Interior View (sp259i1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 259B Exciter - Front View (sp259f1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 259B Exciter - Rear View (sp259r1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 259B Exciter - Interior Top View (sp259t1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 259B Exciter - Interior Bottom View (sp259b1.jpg).
- One-Brewster HeNe Laser Tube with External OC Mirror on PZT (obteomp1.gif).
- Effect of Mirror Alignment on Scanning
Cavity HeNe Total Power Display (henesca1.jpg).
- Modes of HP-5501A HeNe Laser Tube 1 With No Magnetic Field (hp5501m4.gif).
- Spindler & Hoyer ZL-150 Laser Head and Controller (shzl150s.jpg).
- Spindler & Hoyer ZL-150 Laser Head with
Covers Removed (shzl150h.jpg).
- Spindler & Hoyer ZL-150 Laser Head Tube Side Closeup (shzl150c.jpg).
- Teletrac 150 Laser and Optics (tt150p1.jpg).
- Teletrac Retroreflector on Rotary Mount (tt150rr1.jpg).
- Interferometer Using Single-Frequency HeNe Laser (inter1f.gif).
- Teletrac 150 Optical Receiver 1 Assembly (tt150or1.jpg).
- Teletrac 150 Optical Receiver 1 Schematic (ttor1sch.pdf).
- Teletrac 150 Optical Receiver 2 Assembly (tt150or2.jpg).
- Teletrac 150 Laser PZT Fan Stabilizer Parts (tt150pz1.jpg).
- Teletrac 150 Reference Receiver 1 (ttrr1sch.pdf).
- Teletrac Combined Plane Mirror Interferometer and Optical Receiver (ttazio1.jpg).
- Teletrac Combined Plane Mirror Interferometer and Optical Receiver Components (ttazio1c.jpg).
- Closeup of Teletrac Combined Plane Mirror Interferometer and Optical Receiver PCB (ttaxiop.jpg).
- Teletrac 150 with Interferometer (tt150itr.jpg).
- Teletrac TIPS-IV Measurement Display - Front View (ttips4f.jpg).
- Teletrac TIPS-V Measurement Display - Front View (ttips5f.jpg).
- Mode Sweep of Thorlabs HRS015 Stabilized HeNe Laser During Warmup (hrs015m1.gif).
- Mode Sweep of Tube Used in Thorlabs HRS015 Stabilized HeNe Laser (hrs015m2.gif).
- Mode Sweep of Wavetronics WT307C Two-Frequency HeNe Laser During Warmup (wt307cm1.gif).
- Mode Sweep and Heater Drive of Wavetronics WT307C Two-Frequency HeNe Laser (wt307cm2.gif).
- Zygo 7705 HeNe Laser Tube with AA Cell for Size Comparison (zy05tbe.jpg).
- Zygo 7705 Zeeman-Split HeNe Laser Mode Sweep During Warmup (zy05ms1.gif).
- Internal Construction of Laser/Optics Platform in Zygo 7705 Laser (zy05lop.gif).
- Custom Zygo HeNe Laser Tube Used In
ZMI 7701/02 Lasers (zygtube1.jpg).
- Mode Sweep of Typical Zygo 7701/02 HeNe Laser Tube (zygmode1.gif).
- Scanning Fabry-Perot Interferometer Display and Simulation of Zygo 7701 Laser Spectrum (zygols1.jpg).
- Laser Spectrum of Zygo 7701 Laser with Second Mode Present (zygo2ndm.jpg).
- Interior of Zygo 7701 Stabilized HeNe Laser (zy7701p1.jpg).
- Zygo HeNe Laser Tube with Bifiler-Wound Heater (zygtube3.jpg).
- Zygo HeNe Laser Tube with Thin-Film Heater (zygtube3.jpg).
- Mode Sweep of Zygo 7701 HeNe Laser Tube (zy7701m1.gif).
- Mode Sweep of Unidentified Zygo HeNe Laser Tube (zyhn1m1.gif).
- Zygo 7701 Stabilized HeNe Laser Typical Output Power Variation During Warmup (zy7701m2.gif).
- Left-Side View of Interior of Zygo 7702 Stabilized HeNe Laser (zy7702l1.jpg).
- Right-Side View of Interior of Zygo 7702 Stabilized HeNe Laser (zy7702r1.jpg).
- Zygo 7702 Stabilized HeNe Laser Typical Output Power Variation During Warmup (zy7702m1.gif).
- Typical Output Power Variation During Warmup of Zygo 7702 Stabilized Two-Frequency HeNe Laser (zy7702m3.gif).
- Closeup of Late Model Zygo 7702 Laser Heater, Thermistor, and Laser Tube Cathode Return Wires (zy7702h1.jpg).
- Zygo 7712 Stabilied HeNe Laser (zy7712p1.jpg).
- Zygo 7712 Two-Frequency HeNe Laser with Major Parts Labeled (zy12mpl1.jpg).
- Zygo 7712 HeNe Laser Tube with Heater (zy7712t1.jpg).
- Turning Mirror Installed in Place of
AOM in Zygo 7712 Laser (zy12rm1.jpg).
- Thermal Dependent Reduced Power and Variations Due to Optics Contamination in Zygo Laser (zygripl1.gif).
- Zygo 7702 "Come and Go Flipper" HeNe Laser Tube Mode Sweep (zy7702m2.gif).
- Random Dropouts and Mode-Flips in a High Mileage Zygo HeNe Laser (zylrdmf1.gif).
- Zygo Laser Random Mode-Flip Event (zylrmfe1.gif).
- Zygo Fiber Delivery Module (zygfdm1.jpg).
- Stabilized HeNe Laser from Bowmen FTIR
Spectrometer - Overall Interior View (bssl1-oi.jpg).
- Stabilized HeNe Laser Assembly with Zeiss Tube (shlz25gm.jpg).
- HeNe Laser Testing, Adjustment, Repair
(laserhtr.htm).
- HeNe Laser Tube With Fractured Capillary
(henefc.jpg).
- Color of HeNe Laser Tube Discharge and Gas Fill
(henedcol.gif)
- Flyback Based RF Source (flybkrf1.gif).
- Bright Line Spectra of Helium and Neon
(spechene.gif).
- Plot of Siemens LGR-7641 HeNe Laser Tube With Variable Waste Beam Power During Warmup (Uncorrected) (si7641m1.gif).
- Plot of Siemens LGR-7641 HeNe Laser Tube With Variable Waste Beam Power During Warmup (Corrected) (si7641m2.gif).
- Plot of Uniphase 098 HeNe Laser Tube With Waste Beam Power Variation During Warmup (Bare, Uncorrected) (up098m1.gif).
- Plot of Uniphase 098 HeNe Laser Tube With Waste Beam Power Variation During Warmup (Insulated, Uncorrected) (up098m2.gif).
- Plot of Melles Griot 05-LHR-006 HeNe Laser Tube #1 With Waste Beam Power Variation During Warmup (Insulated, Uncorrected) (lhr006m1.gif).
- Plot of Melles Griot 05-LHR-006 HeNe Laser Tube #2 With Waste Beam Power Variation During Warmup (Insulated, Uncorrected) (lhr006m2.gif).
- Plot of Melles Griot 05-LHR-006 HeNe Laser Tube With Minimal Waste Beam Power Variation During Warmup (Insulated, Uncorrected) (lhr006m3.gif).
- Plot of Uniphase 1007 HeNe Laser Tube With Minimal Waste Beam Power Variation During Warmup (Insulated, Uncorrected) (up1007m1.gif).
- Plot of Uniphase 1007 HeNe Laser Tube With Large Waste Beam Power Variation During Warmup (Insulated, Uncorrected) (up1007m2.gif).
- Plot of Melles Griot 05-LHR-006 HeNe Laser Tube With Moderate Waste Beam Power Variation During Warmup Due to Messed Up OC AR Coating (Insulated, Uncorrected) (lhr006m6.gif).
- Plot of Spectra-Physics 088 HeNe Laser Tube During Warmup (sp088m1.gif).
- High Voltage Cable with Male Alden Connector
(alden.gif).
- Typical Silicon Photodiode Spectral Response
(sipdresp.gif).
- Typical HeNe Tube with Three-Screw Adjusters
Added (mntadj.gif).
- Typical HeNe Laser Head (Melles Griot)
(headhene.gif).
- Typical Small to Medium Size Melles Griot HeNe
Laser Tubes (tube1hen.jpg).
- Three-Screw Locking Collars on Melles Griot HeNe
Laser Tubes (3smadj1.jpg).
- Typical HeNe Laser Tube Structure and
Connections (tubehene.gif).
- Siemens LGR-7641S HeNe Laser Tube (si7641s.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 084-1 HeNe Laser Tube (sp084-1.gif).
- Spectra-Physics 088-2 HeNe Laser Tube (sp088-2.jpg).
- Vintage Spectra-Physics 086-4 and 089-0 Polarized HeNe Laser Tubes (sphene1.jpg).
- Uniphase 098-1 HeNe Laser Tube (up098-1.jpg).
- Small Melles Griot HeNe Tube (ici1mgt.gif).
- Uniphase HeNe Laser Tube with External Lens (uphltex.jpg).
- Older Style Possibly Aerotech Hard-Seal HeNe Laser Tube (at7-1.jpg).
- Custom Zygo HeNe Laser Tube Used In ZMI 77XX Lasers (zygtube1.jpg).
- Hughes Style HeNe Laser Tube (hachene1.gif).
- Hughes 3227-HPC HeNe Laser Tube (hachene2.jpg).
- NEC Style HeNe Laser Tube (nechene1.gif).
- Typical NEC HeNe Laser Tube (nechene1.jpg).
- PMS One-Brewster HeNe Laser Tube (pms1b1.jpg).
- REO 0.8 mW HeNe Laser Tube (reolpt1.jpg).
- Typical Metrologic Soft-Seal HeNe Laser Tubes (mltubes1.jpg).
- RCA LD2118 HeNe Laser Tube (rcahene1.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics 060-5 2 mW HeNe Laser Tube (sp060-5.jpg).
- Coherent Model 80 Glass-Metal HeNe Laser Tube (coh80-1.jpg).
- An Assortment of Old HeNe Laser Tubes 1 (oldhnts1.jpg).
- An Assortment of Old HeNe Laser Tubes 2 (oldhnts2.jpg).
- Vintage J-Tube-Style HeNe Laser Tubes (hnjtube1.jpg).
- Melles Griot 05-LHP-120 HeNe Laser Tube with Missing OC Mirror Coating (lhp120-1.jpg).
- Hewlett Packard 5501A HeNe Laser Tube with Missing Coating in Center of Output Mirror (5501ax1.jpg).
- Hewlett Packard 5501A HeNe Laser Tube Showing Bore Discharge (5501ax2.jpg).
- HeNe Laser Torture Machine 1 (henetm1.jpg)..
- Sam's Special Mirror Tweaker (ssmt1.gif).
- Principle of Mirror Alignment Using Reflected
Beam (rflalign.gif).
- Bore Site Method of Internal Mirror Laser Tube
Alignment (bsalign.gif).
- HeNe Laser with Reflected Dot (henedot.jpg).
- Effects of Walking the Mirrors (mirwalk1.gif).
- Alignment Laser Three Screw Platform
(alplat1.jpg).
- Eazalign Internal Mirror HeNe Laser Tube Mirror
Alignment Platform (eazalign.gif).
- HeNe Laser Tube with Two Brewster Windows Mounted in Home-Built Resonator (twobrew1.gif).
- Setup for Aligning One-Brewster Window HeNe Laser Tubes (obwalgn1.gif).
- Use of Magnets to Generate Polarized HeNe Laser Beam (maghene.gif).
- Plot of Spectra-Physics 088 Mode Behavior in a Moderate Transverse Magnetic Field (sp088m3.gif).
- Plot of Spectra-Physics 088 Mode Behavior in a Strong
Transverse Magnetic Field (sp088m4.gif).
- Plot of Spectra-Physics 088 Mode Behavior in a Strong
Transverse Magnetic Field (Hor-N) (sp088mc.gif).
- Oops! HeNe Laser Tube Meltdown (henemelt.jpg).
- RF Treatment of SP084-1 HeNe Laser Tube
(sp084rf1.gif).
- Three HeNe Tubes of a Different Color
Side-by-Side (ochnt-1.jpg).
- A Typical SP-130 (sp130-1.jpg).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head During Warmup (lyr171m1.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head Near End of Warmup (lyr171m2.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head During Warmup (Polarized) (lyr171m3.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head Near End of Warmup (Polarized) (lyr171m4.gif).
- Plot of Melles Griot 05-LYR-173 HeNe Laser Head
During Warmup (lyr173m1.gif).
- Plot of Melles Griot 05-LYR-173 HeNe Laser Head
Near End of Warmup (lyr173m2.gif).
- Plot of Melles Griot 05-LYR-173 HeNe Laser Head
During Warmup (Polarized) (lyr173m3.gif).
- Plot of Melles Griot 05-LYR-173 HeNe Laser Head
Near End of (Polarized) (lyr173m4.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head During Warmup with External Broadband HR (lyr171m5.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head Near End of Warmup with External Broadband HR
(lyr171m6.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head During Warmup with External Yellow OC (lyr171m7.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head Near End of Warmup with External Yellow OC
(lyr171m8.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head During Warmup with External Green OC (lyr171m9.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head Near End of Warmup with External Green OC
(lyr171ma.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head During Warmup with External Planar Red HR (lyr171mb.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head Near End of Warmup with External Planar Red HR
(lyr171mc.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head During Warmup with External 30 cm RoC Red HR (lyr171md.gif).
- Plot of Variable Melles Griot 05-LYR-171 HeNe
Laser Head Near End of Warmup with External 30 cm RoC Red HR
(lyr171me.gif).
- Melles Griot 05-LHR-640 HeNe laser Tube Health
(lhr640s1.gif).
- Hughes Model 3184H HeNe Laser Head
(hu3184-1.jpg).
- View Inside Hughes Model 3184H HeNe Laser Head
(hu3184-2.jpg).
- Hughes Model 3184H HeNe Laser Head
Construction (hu3184h1.gif).
- Photo of Hughes Model 3184H HeNe Laser Plasma Tube Test Rail - V1.0 (hu3184t1.jpg).
- Closeup of OC-End of Hughes 3184H Test Rail (hu3184t2.jpg).
- Spectra-Physics Model 117 Stabilized HeNe Laser System (sp117s1.jpg)
- Spectra-Physics Model 117 Stabilized HeNe Laser Head Components (sp117h1.jpg).
- PMS/REO 1-B HeNe Laser Tube Recovery 1 (prhltr1.gif).
- HeNe One-Brewster Tube Intensive Care Unit (hl1bicu1.jpg).
- PMS/REO 1-B HeNe Laser Tube Recovery 2 (prhltr2.gif).
- PMS/REO 1-B HeNe Laser Tube Recovery 3 (prhltr3.gif).
- PMS/REO 1-B HeNe Laser Tube Recovery 4 (prhltr4.gif).
- PMS/REO 1-B HeNe Laser Tube Recovery 4 (prhltr5.gif).
- HeNe Laser Head Partially Buried Under Autumn Leaves, Really! (henehlf1.jpg).
- Dual-Mode Single-Frequency Stabilized HeNe Laser (henedsl1.gif).
- Single-Mode Single-Frequency Stabilized HeNe Laser (henessl1.gif).
- HeNe Laser Mode Sweep: 200 mm (~9 inch) Cavity Length (henemd3.pps).
- Dual Polarization SFPI Display of HeNe Laser with Higher Order Spatial Modes (dpsfpi1p.jpg).
- REO 0.8 mW HeNe Laser Tube (reolpt1.jpg).
- REO Tube from Stabilized HeNe Laser Head (reot1.jpg).
- REO Stabilized HeNe Laser Tube Dual HR, Magnet, and Temperature Sensor (reot1hms.jpg).
- Mode Sweep of Twitchy REO Tube Found in Stabilized HeNe Laser Head (reo1m1.gif).
- Mode Sweep of Stabilized HeNe Laser Using a Well Behaved REO Tube (reo2m1.gif).
- Antique Spectra-Physics 119A Two-Brewster HeNe Laser Tube in Test Jig (sp119at.jpg).
- HeNe Laser Power Supplies (laserhps.htm).
- HeNe Laser Power Supply Design (laserhpd.htm).
- Complete HeNe Laser Power Supply Schematics
(laserhsc.htm).
- Argon/Krypton Ion Lasers (laserarg.htm).
- Ar/Kr Ion Laser Testing, Maintenance, Repair
(laseratr.htm).
- Ar/Kr Ion Laser Power Supplies (laseraps.htm).
- Ar/Kr Ion Laser Power Supply Design
(laserapd.htm).
- Complete Ar/Kr Ion Laser Power Supply Schematics (laserasc.htm).
- Carbon Dioxide Lasers (laserco2.htm).
- Helium-Cadmium Lasers (laserhec.htm).
- Solid State Lasers (laserssl.htm).
- Commercial SS Lasers (laserscl.htm).
- SS Laser Testing, Adjustment, Repair
(laserstr.htm).
- Solid State Laser Power Supplies (lasersps.htm).
- Complete Solid State Laser Power Schematics
(laserssc.htm).
PART IV - Lasers Constructed from Basic Materials, Hardware, Optics, and
Electronic Parts
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