Sonar II Burner
Posted in Laser Photos, Random at 7:38 am
Wow, the guys at Wicked Lasers really know how to make a cool gadget. They have managed to squeeze 60mW out of a blu-ray laser diode and fit it all in a nice little package. I would love to have one of these things! Lighting a match with a green laser is cool, but other people can do it. If you had one of these, you would make all other blu-ray pointers look like toys. Especially the home made ones.
To the best of my knowledge, Wicked Lasers is the only company that offers professionally built blu-ray pointers like this. I’ve heard some horror stories of people trying to do this themselves as well as crap that people have gotten off eBay. I have never heard of anyone managing to get 60mW though!
More photos and specs after the jump.
| Name: |
Sonar II Burner™ |
| Size: |
20mm x 123mm |
| Wavelength: |
405nm |
| Laser Body: |
6061-T6 Aircraft-Grade Aluminum |
| Transverse Mode: |
TEM00 |
| Output Power: |
60mW |
| Beam Divergence: |
1.5mRad |
| Beam Diameter: |
2.5mm @ aperture |
| Power Consumption: |
800mA |
| Power supply: |
2xCR123A |
| Battery Lifetime: |
60min |
| Switch: |
Momentary On/Off Button |
| Expected lifetime: |
5,000 hours |
| Warranty: |
6 months |
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January 15th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
[...] Sonar II Burner Wow, the guys at Wicked Lasers really know how to make a cool gadget. They have managed to squeeze 60mW out of a blu-ray laser diode and fit it all in a nice little package. I would love to have one of these things! Lighting a match with a green laser is cool, but other people can do it. If you had one of these, you would make all other blu-ray pointers look like toys. Especially the home made ones. To the best of my knowledge, Wicked Lasers is the only company that offers professionally built [...]
January 15th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Neat find! How long does shipping on something like this take?
January 15th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I’ve found that WL does a great job of turning products around once you order them. The shipping is usually fast - normally only a few days. Always a good experience.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Hopefully it isn’t ever used as a weapon!
January 28th, 2008 at 9:30 am
I love the purple color. just pull this out in class and see what kind of reaction you get!
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:53 am
How much is this it?I am a Chinese ,it is about 300RMB (40-50$).i want buy one. my mail 395253795@qq.com
June 8th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Guo -
according to XE.com, it would be about 13,839 CNY. You can buy them here: http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/SONAR_II_Burner-73-24.html
June 11th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
No no. $2000! You can make your own. Its hard. But I find the only people responsible enough to own one, can build one.
Ingredients:
- Empty Sonar I, or II DIY. [$49.99] - wickedlasers.com
- PHR-803T HDDVD XBOX 360 drive(You will have to harvest the 405nm Blu-Ray laser diode). When powered by 2 X 3.6V CR123’s along with a driver set at 100mA, can achieve 120mW CW. Thats double the power WL offers. [$18.99] - Geeks.com
- 100mA Driver. [$5.99] - rkcstr.googlepages.com
- Laser module (houses laser diode, laser lens, and laser driver) Comes with 780nm 5mW laser diode hooked up to a driver. Just rip it out. [$4.99] - aixiz.com
And now you have a 120mW Sonar series Wicked Laser. Valued at $1999.99 for only $74.96 (Which actually your doubling the power). So getting a $3999.99 laser for under $100.
http://www.laserpointerforums.com is a good source for information. But you can also email me at: mattmurphy90@yahoo.com if you need help.
June 12th, 2008 at 7:54 am
You’re over driving the poor diode from the Xbox! I would imagine that something that is designed as a read-only device powered at that level would need massive cooling. If you can pull it off, great. YMMV
June 12th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
The PHR-803T model is new and can stand a max of ~125mA. 100mA is as far as you want to go, without a bigger heatsink.
But as long as you fit the 803T in a basic 12×30mm aixiz module. You should be fine at 90-100mA.
And the new PHR-803T HD sled is the only Blu Ray diode capable of withstanding that kind of amperage.
PS: I’m sorry. The PHR-803T sled is not the one Microsoft uses in the XBOX 360’s. this particular sled is used in the Toshiba SD-H802A 2.4X Hi-Def DVD-ROM Drive. Internal and external. And can be purchased at, geeks.com for $18.99