The Old Lab

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The two work horses. Spectra Physics 165 and 164 Argon Ion Lasers and a Spectra Physics 265 Power Supply.

The back laser is covered by a box in which a hole in front and a shutter inside over the hole has been mounted. This keeps stray light from the laser head from illuminating the room.

This is the shutter inside the box.

Here is my vibration table. 11 inches of sand in a wood box on inner tubes.

I found having an interferometer to test everything other then table stability is most advantageous.

Here is use a therapeutic heating pad to heat my alcohol up.

This is a static constructed Reflection Hologrphic camera used to make 4x5 Reflection holograms of small objects.

The is the work end of the camera. At top is the transfer mirror. About midway is the plate holder and at the bottom is the object.

A better view of the plateholder, which is simply static using gravity only and the object area.

This is looking down the beam path and through the aperature once all blockers ahve been put into place on the camera.