Requiescat in Pace

i-12d4e0d2c42be2f885f7af3f64d8d510-sm_SDL5400.jpgSDL 5401-G1, October 2001- February 6, 2007

SDL 5401-G1 ("Sid" to friends) died today of static shock, after five years of service in a grating-locked diode laser system. He had survived three lab floods, and more than a dozen power outages, but succombed to electric shock following a mishap with a Tesla coil.

He is survived by three siblings from the same batch, one of whom has already taken his place in the grating-locked laser mount. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you send research grants.

Sic transit gloria laseri.

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That was really funny, but....

What the heck was a Tesla Coil doing so close to your laser?

By Brad Holden (not verified) on 06 Feb 2007 #permalink

Did you leave out the part where he was really cheap, but highly valued cause he lased at JUST the right frequency????

5 years ain't bad from what me experimentalist friends tell me!