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Ten screws from the 700 series laser

1986-1996

solid state ruby laser

1960-1970

Etilon stabilised laser by Nortel Networks, 1999

1999

Tuneable DFB laser for use with fibre optic transmission cables

1999

First sealed-off carbon dioxide pulsed Transversely Excited Atmospheric laser

1968-1978

Plastic tube component from the 700 series laser

1986-1996

Plastic component from the 700 series laser

1986-1996

Aluminium component from the 700 series laser

1986-1996

Aluminium component from the 700 series laser

1986-1996

Steel component from the 700 series laser

1986-1996

Main component of ceramic waveguide laser

1974-1984

Helium-Neon laser by Elliott Electronic Tubes Ltd.

1963-1973

Early development of a Transversely Excited Atmospheric Laser

1975

High repetition rate Ruby Rod Laser (rod 6 x 5/8-inches diameter) by Queens University

Indium arsenide laser model IAL-6

1960-1970

700 series laser, made by Lumonics.

1986-1996

Sealed carbon dioxide TEA laser

1974
Liconix helium-cadmium laser, comprising of power unit model 4207N, 125mm x 155mm x 620mm. Made in 1984 and laser unit model 4300, serial No. 9005081 made in 1990. Made by Liconix, 1390 Borregas Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94086. With instruction manuals.

Liconix helium-cadmium laser and power unit

1984-1990
Spectra Physics Stabilite, model 1205 helium-neon laser, made by Spectra Physics Inc., 1250 West Middlefield Road, Mt. View, California 94042. Serial No. 5160. 490mm long, 80mm wide, 80mm high. With instruction manual. Date of manufacture, 1982.

Spectra Physics Stabilite

1982
Kimmon helium-cadmium laser, comprising laser unit model CD4083A, serial No. 303-14, 565mm long, 160mm wide, 160mm high, and power supply model CD40282A, 330mm deep, 220mm high, 285mm wide, made by Kimmon Electric Co. Ltd., Japan, c.1981. With instruction booklet.

Kimmon helium-cadmium laser

1980-1985
Helium Neon Gas Laser with accessories and hologram

Helium neon gas laser

Copper vapour laser used by Urenco for experiments on laser separation of isotopes for uranium enrichment, 1989-1997.

Copper vapour laser used by Urenco for experiments on laser separation of isotopes for uranium enrichment

1990
CR2 Supergraphite argon ion laser. 8W maximum power. With power supply and instruction manuals, 1979.

CR2 Supergraphite argon ion laser

1979
The first visible light (helium-neon) laser to operate in the United Kingdom, made at the Services Electronics Research Laboratories, Baldock, about 1962 (former RSRE museum no. 70)

visible light (helium-neon) laser

1961-1963
Helium-neon laser c.1963

Helium-neon laser c.1963

1963
The prototype commercial HCN gas laser unit consisting of a discharge tube and thermally stabilised optical system capable of giving 1 mW output in the far infra-red range, 1971.

prototype HCN infra-red laser

1970-1972
T.E.A. carbon dioxide laser on aluminium platform, producing 10MW in pulses of 1-2 microseconds, using gas at one atmosphere, 1955-80.

Carbon dioxide laser

1955-1980
Lexel model 75 water-cooled ion laser, comprising power unit part No. 110-008-06-A.RM J-6, 440mm wide, 215mm high, 520mm deep, and laser unit serial No. 2046, 700mm long, 175mm wide, 120mm high. Made by Lexel, Palo Alto, California. c.1982.

Lexel model 75 water-cooled ion laser

1980-1984
Case, cut away to reveal the interior, containing ruby laser, the second to operate in the United Kingdom, made at the Services Electronics Research Laboratories, Baldock, in 1961

Ruby laser, the second to operate in the United Kingdom.

1961
solid state neodymium laser, glass doped with neodymium, by University of Hull, c. 1968

solid state neodymium laser

1968
Helium Neon gas laser with accessories and a Hologram.

Helium neon gas laser

Helium Neon Laser. Supplied by Griffin and George, Loughborough. Serial No. AV1673/751, Cat. No. XFV-540-010V. Used for Educational purposes

Helium Neon Laser. Supplied by Griffin and George

700 series laser, by Lumonics, Limited, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, 1986-1996

700 series laser, made by Lumonics.

1986-1996
Spectra-Physics 125 - high performance CW helium neon gas laser and Spectra-Physics 250 exciter power supply, Serial no 369 J3259. The laser was used in a British Aerospace laboratory in Bristol for optical tracking and ranging experiments related to weapons technology.

Spectra-Physics 125 - high performance CW helium neon gas laser and Spectra-Physics 250 exciter power supply

1960-1970
Neodymium YAG (yttrium aluminium garnet) laser by Services Electronics Research Laboratory, Worcester, 1966, the lamp and crystal are contained in a reflective ellispsoidal cavity

Neodymium YAG (yttrium aluminium garnet) laser

1966
Laser, marked Applied Microsurgical Research Ltd, England, serial number 1-0708, by CVI Laser Corporation, 1980-89.

Laser, marked Applied Microsurgical Research Ltd

1980-1989