Dudes of all flavours;Water cooling loops will work, but that is pretty complicated. In
I have an itch: I wish to run a 10W laser module in a vacuum chamber
(UHV: 10^-6mbar or so).
Anyone got any direct experience of the 'fun' in keeping the diode cool?
And any tips on doing so?
<heat pipes, lots of copper, lowered duty cycles etc.>
On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:06:09 -0700, jrcgarry wrote:
Dudes of all flavours;Water cooling loops will work, but that is pretty complicated. In
I have an itch: I wish to run a 10W laser module in a vacuum chamber
(UHV: 10^-6mbar or so).
Anyone got any direct experience of the 'fun' in keeping the diode cool?
And any tips on doing so?
<heat pipes, lots of copper, lowered duty cycles etc.>
vacuum, metal surfaces that are pressed together conduct heat very poorly. You need some sort of thermal conductor (either loaded silicone grease or gap-pads) to carry the heat across. If your laser can be attached to the chamber by some structure, that can conduct the heat out.
Jon
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