Strongest LASERs in my collection | Power and wavelength measured

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]

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

[cringemaki]

Everybody gangsta till the diode starts to get old

[aarongreenfield]

This video was total nerd fuel, I love it.

[glctv]

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

[Josephzero]

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!

[leehorst]

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.

[thunderblot]

BRANIAC:-" I GOT A 1.5 W POWERFUL LASER"

STYROPYRO:- "MAKING IT MORE POWERFUL"

[yashsvidixit]

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

[movaxh]

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.

[InssiAjaton]

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.

[Thesubieman]

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

[belken]

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!

[IanZWhite]

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.

[christophercarlberg]

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.

[Broetchen]

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

[GDgotThePower]

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

[Cyparagon]

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.

[steadfasttherenowned]

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 YouTube video?

[among-us-]

What happens when you discharge a capacitor into a cheap laser diode? Can it have a higher pulsed output?

[SevenDeMagnus]

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