Lasers

[patriot234]

What does everyone think of green lasers versus red?

[ToddG]

Green lasers are much more daylight visible.

They require larger housings and substantially more power to operate, generally because of the way the green frequency is achieved (doubling the wavelength of an IR laser, essentially).

The expectation among many is that blue lasers will be the next big thing. The diodes will be cheap (thanks to the proliferation of BluRay devices), that frequency of light is more daylight visible than red (though not as much as green), and it should be achievable with the same size and power consumption as current red diode lasers.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Green lasers are much more daylight visible.

They require larger housings and substantially more power to operate, generally because of the way the green frequency is achieved (doubling the wavelength of an IR laser, essentially).

The expectation among many is that blue lasers will be the next big thing. The diodes will be cheap (thanks to the proliferation of BluRay devices), that frequency of light is more daylight visible than red (though not as much as green), and it should be achievable with the same size and power consumption as current red diode lasers.

Doubling the frequency, or halfing the wavelenght? Doubling the wavelength to 532nm would mean you started out with a 266nm laser, which would be pretty awesome to have a UV laser. "You'll burn your eye out".

[ToddG]

Dude, don't confuse me with the technical stuff when I'm trying to explain something technical.

I'm sure you're right, it's halving the wavelength. My bad!

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Dude, don't confuse me with the technical stuff when I'm trying to explain something technical.

I'm sure you're right, it's halving the wavelength. My bad!

When you and your wife go somewhere, do you two Greens doubling-up make an Infrared?

Sorry, not much wavelength humor out there.

[SGTMAJ]

plus green is much more sensitive to temp. highs and lows,

[Shihan]

Only laser on a carbine I would use is an IR. I just picked up a TLR-2 IR made from a special run but now I need NVG

[Steve]

plus green is much more sensitive to temp. highs and lows,

correct green operates at peak between 90-40 while red has wider temp range including cold weather.

green becomes dim in cold temps

[toddackerman]

Dude, don't confuse me with the technical stuff when I'm trying to explain something technical.

I'm sure you're right, it's halving the wavelength. My bad!

God you crack me up!!! Maybe it's because of our names sake????

[Ryo]

I doubt blue/violet lasers would be used for gun mounts. Green is the most visible spectrum for our eyes. I know that blue/violet lasers are on the edge of our vision and it makes our eyes work harder to process. IMHO