How to turn a red laser into a green laser

So I'm in the office working when the Disgruntled Chemist strolls in. For you doubters out there, I was really working, I actually had Word up on screen rather than Safari, and it wasn't like last week when I was using Word to make labels for my homebrew, I was adding the boss's comments to a paper. But I digress...

Disgruntled Chemist: Want to see something so ghetto even I'm ashamed that I did it?

Turns out, he had created this:



Yes, with a simple HeNe borrowed from my setup, your garden variety green laser pointer, and some tape, the Disgruntled Chemist has successfully turned a red laser into a green laser.





(Sorry for the craptastic quality of the photos, my phone was the only camera in the office today.)


Tag: ghetto science