Interim Research Reports

of
The Joss Research Institute


  1. Recent Ceramic Happenings, early Spring, 2005

  2. Yohen Tenmoku and a plant note or two, late April, 2005

  3. Bringing up the Molectron Nitrogen Laser

  4. Results of a Late Spring Δ10 Gas Reduction Firing

  5. Thoughts About High-Performance Nitrogen Lasers, with a set of follow-on pages in which I actually try to do something about it.

  6. Item #6 is on hold at the moment.

  7. “Platzepuss”: An electric-powered radio-control motorized Platz-Gleiter model (Work in progress, currently on hold while I deal with other issues.)

  8. The Hughes “M-60” rangefinder laser (Likewise on hold for a bit.)

  9. An Ultraviolet Laser Dye

  10. Inexpensive Laser Dyes for Do-It-Yourselfers, with follow-ons about pumping and tuning

  11. A brief report on one way to construct a dye cuvette for nitrogen- or excimer- laser pumping

  12. A simple and straightforward 5" refracting RFT built from surplus lenses, PVC pipe (or leftover wood veneer), and a few other things...

  13. Some Handy Techniques, including a mirror mount that is entirely built from pieces you can buy at a hardware store...

  14. A Voss (Töpler-Holtz) Electrostatic Generator

  15. Diode Laser Holography (in process)

  16. Holography using pulsed lasers (in process)

  17. More work with Translucent Porcelain

  18. Handy Techniques for Fountain/Calligraphy Pens

  19. Pulsed Gas Laser[s]

  20. “The Dob” (telescope alignment fun)



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