Guy crafts homemade pulse laser gun (video)

Posted on Saturday, March 12 2011 @ 10:00 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

YouTube user AnselmoFanZero crafted a futuristic-looking pulse laser gun: Made this one on request. Was sold before fabrication was started. FB my friend, hope you have as much fun with her as I did treat her well! Will be hard putting this in a box and ship it!

This gun holds a q-switched Nd:YAG laser head.
After charging the capacitors (takes about 4 secs.), it fires an intense 1 MW blast of invisible infrared 1064nm light! The pulse-duration is somewhere around 100ns...no chance to get the impacts with a normal camera.

Never wield one of these without laser-glasses for 1064nm!!

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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