Would be nice to know the exact type of LD you used - as if I remember correctly it has to have a certain coating (or not). And also listing the used Thorlabs components is also helpful ;-)
so funny. The guys are using teflon tape to fix the lens holder. Same as I did :)) But one day I have found that someone from our students has locked the holder with a locking ring, tens of them were usually lying unused.. Much more convenient to use. But some other comments are: Quite a bad have to place a hand in a beam while tuning the kinematic mount.. Quite a bad have to fix the holder on the table with a clamp straitened along the beam - while fixing, one will put a screwdriver in a beam.. And the most bad have is to wear glasses prior to put something in a beam. Especially in a big lab with a lot of "possible" people around, which do not wear glasses. If one introduces something, a laser should be off or beam should be blocked.. However, the idea of narrowing the linewidth by such a simple approach is really nice. I always though that one needs some special uncoated laser diodes for such experiments.. Should try it out.
Good tutorial! Maybe changing Allign to Align might help to collect even more searches on the topic.
Is there a video that also does the Littman-Metcalf configuration
Would be nice to know the exact type of LD you used - as if I remember correctly it has to have a certain coating (or not).
And also listing the used Thorlabs components is also helpful ;-)
so funny. The guys are using teflon tape to fix the lens holder.
Same as I did :))
But one day I have found that someone from our students has locked the holder with a locking ring, tens of them were usually lying unused.. Much more convenient to use.
But some other comments are:
Quite a bad have to place a hand in a beam while tuning the kinematic mount..
Quite a bad have to fix the holder on the table with a clamp straitened along the beam - while fixing, one will put a screwdriver in a beam..
And the most bad have is to wear glasses prior to put something in a beam. Especially in a big lab with a lot of "possible" people around, which do not wear glasses.
If one introduces something, a laser should be off or beam should be blocked..
However, the idea of narrowing the linewidth by such a simple approach is really nice. I always though that one needs some special uncoated laser diodes for such experiments.. Should try it out.
I've got maybe stupid question, which 1st order should I use; weaker or stronger, to reflect it back to LD?
Thank you! Very good video!
Very useful! Thank you for the video.
I's very useful and clear , thank you
Very useful, cool tutorial! ;)
Great vid!
Really helpful!!
What is the laser module you are using?
Seems to be a thorlabs laser module
Thank you very much!
Thank you, very useful