LASER and optical experiments:

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- a photomultiplier detector/receiver for experimenting with CW carriers (this page contains sound samples too !)

- a photo of my laser TRX (162k) setup during a test with OH2HOT/p

- you can see the red laser signal (7k) from OH2HOT/p in the top left segment of this photo

- a CW laser transceiver based on an article of Jim Moss

- experimenting for a 30 MHz bandwidth Acousto-Optic Spectrometer using a Lead Molybdate AOM on 80 MHz (67k)

- this device (69k) is probably from a laser plotter and is manufactured by Isomet Corp.

- the Bragg Cell (11k) with HeNe laser, RF amplifiers, mixers, attenuators and an optical detector forms the basis of the AOS

- here you can see how I did some simple testing (69k) on the Bragg based AOM using a laser diode

- a simple piece of black anodized aluminium profile acted as a load for the leakage (42k) signal (and IMD)

- this is the deflected laser (36k) spot (and IMD) with an 80 MHz carrier on the AOM Bragg cell

- a multimode ( SSB/FM/CW ) laser communication system. There are some photos here...

- a 50 mW SSB/FM/CW subcarrier laser transmitter on 650 nm

- fixture for my 10 mW HeNe laser to telescope for laser communications

- BIG file: notes on laser communications ( in Finnish )

- a chopper modulated 10 mW HeNe LASER transmitter used for MCW experiments

- idea for an Extreme ( 9k ) 137 kHz/474 THz rig ( Maybe the coil could be BPSK modulated directly ? )

- here you can find a very neat & cheap mechanical solution for a pointing (20k) mechanism, by OH2HOT ;-)

- experimenting with a USB2000 spectrometer from Ocean Optics Inc.

- the absorption of atmospheric oxygen (5k) at 764 nm

- optical spectrum of my fluorescent (5k) table lamp

- the wavelength response of some 650 nm filter (5k) material I use for receiving

- here is a spectrometer plot (5k) of three different laser pointers, note the wavelength difference !

- the wavelength response of an IR filter (5k) I use, this time with sunlight (note the oxygen absorption line)

- cooling a laser diode by about 40 degrees decreased the wavelengh by over 10 nm

- and here you may find the interesting emission spectrum of my pocket white LED (5k) torch

- more experimenting: this time with a neon (5k) marker ("glim") lamp (through a red plastic window)

- astrospectrometry experimenting (Fraunhofer lines) is yielding first results: the Balmer series Hydrogen lines (67k) of Vega

- others logged with my amateur colleague Jorma Ryske: Jupiter, Capella, Arcturus, Gamma Leo, Mizar, Castor, Pollux

- the raw unprocessed data (1M) in Excel format

- equipment setup used (15k) for these experiments

- this system is also capable of tracking satellites, so we are waiting for the AO-40 810 nm telemetry laser to come on ;-)

Some very good sites on amateur astrospectroscopy:


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Updated 08.02.2003