The Professor' Homebuilt Lasers Site - HeNe Lasers
Commercially-available HeNe lasers are often packaged in a cylindrical housing with a separate power supply as seen here. The laser head itself contains the laser tube (with integral mirrors) as well as a ballast resistance and a shutter which is required for class III lasers. Aside from the common red (632.8nm) wavelength, HeNe lasers are also ...