No, that would be very difficult to make from scratch. You'd need a canister of extremely pure helium, a canister of extremely pure neon, glass tubing of various sizes, glass-working tools, a high vacuum pump, etc. I just hooked the laser tube up to a high voltage supply that I made using a single 2N3055 power transistor and a flyback transformer from a television CRT. I used this laser in my Faraday rotation project.
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9 years ago on Introduction
Very cool. Did you make the laser?
Reply 9 years ago on Introduction
No, that would be very difficult to make from scratch. You'd need a canister of extremely pure helium, a canister of extremely pure neon, glass tubing of various sizes, glass-working tools, a high vacuum pump, etc. I just hooked the laser tube up to a high voltage supply that I made using a single 2N3055 power transistor and a flyback transformer from a television CRT. I used this laser in my Faraday rotation project.
Reply 8 years ago on Introduction
how did you wire the power supply?
Reply 7 years ago on Introduction
http://dylanbleier.com/hv-circuit/