Blue Laser on glow in dark ball

[weesawee]

Pokemonmaster1616, I don't know where you can buy one at but you can buy a glow in the dark fushgi at toys r us.

[survivorevil]

thats a big ass ball. What size is it?

[cbfhtu68]

Try charging the phosphors with the blue laser, or leaving it in direct sunlight for a few minutes.

THEN expose the phosphors to high intensity RED light from a red laser or high intensity red LED.

When I did this to a large sheet of glow material (OSHA requirement) I was able to remove or negate the stored glow where I aimed the light. The effect is not as intense and when done in a fully dark room your irises will not re-compensate quickly to room darkness after turning off the red light.

[ninja4351]

ja bym narysował kutasa :D

[TheIpodtouchhelper15]

what about a green laser 532nm 5MW?

[PokemonMaster1616]

where do i buy one

[Seddie16Victorious]

This, people, is what cats see whenever there is a laser light. They are mesmerized by not just the dot, but also the lines. So don't blame them!

[zackery261]

Now just paint an entire wall or ceiling with some glow in the dark paint, and you're in business :D

[ThEtRuThll]

The white laser is awsome! It does all the above BUY IT!!!

[ThEtRuThll]

All blue lights have this effect on anything that glows

[paintballmonkey666]

do all blue lasers have this effect of glow in the dark stuff?

[G0G125]

@paintballmonkey666 this one is not blue its UV

[Zenderquai]

Fit the Laser to a pistol, limit its exposure to a flash (rather than a beam), and use the ball for target practice.. ** just keep it downrange of any eyes :D

[LemonproX]

TRON!

[caracatoacacepe]

Draw a penis in there LOL

[vagarooni]

I would've immediately drawn a penis. I am DISAPPOINT!

[neocon70]

I FEEL LIKE A CAT MESMERIZED BY THE LASER DOT!!!!

[UnknownRex]

What is the lasers energy output?

[gunnerdog1211]

@UnknownRex likely 5MW. i do this with mine but sadly i dont have a big glowinthedark ball

[YTSpitler1]

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[Orcrist666]

Oh and dont get mixed up with power and brightness. Power is a measure of the intensity of light, as in how much of the light there is, more power, more photons. Brightness is obviously affected by power, but it is even more so affected by the human eye's sensitivity to different wavelengths. Green appears much brighter than red or blue. A 5mW green can be brighter than a 30mW red, even though the red laser is actually more powerful. But also energy per photon is dependent on wavelength alone.

[heyllamasrule]

@Orcrist666 youre a douche

[Aepotheosis]

@heyllamasrule I didn't know posting an interesting, insightful intelligent comment qualified as being a douche. Luckily for you, you'll never be a douche in that regard.

[Orcrist666]

Well, also you should note that there is a small spread in the energy distribution of the photons, so that some of the green photons just barely cause some fluorescence to take place. So green does excite GITD material, but nowhere near as many electrons get excited so the material only glows very faintly. I have a green laser and it can cause things to glow, but only very dimly. Red light is far below the excitation energy of the electrons so it wont cause any fluorescence at all.

[Orcrist666]

Neither of you have it right. What happens is a photon of light from the laser excites an electron in the glow in the dark material, so it takes energy from the light and uses it to jump to a higher energy level. The electron then falls back down to a lower state again and re-emits the light it absorbed but at lower energy. The reason green and red dont do this is because it takes a certain amount of energy to excite the electron, and the green/red photons dont have enough energy per photon.

[MrJimi333]

Why does it do that? I have a blue laser as well, and want to know WHY!? I think it's because the glow-in-the-dark item is every color but blue, or perhaps is rejecting the color. However, I have no clue.

[D3athch1ld]

@MrJimi333 It glows cuz u have to put it in light for a while then look at it in the dark. but since the laser has super focused and powerful light it stays glowing for a long time.

[MrJimi333]

@D3athch1ld Well if that were the case then why don't green lasers have the same effect? Green lasers are far more powerful than blue, but don't illuminate glow-in-the-dark objects. I have both, and only my blue one has the effect on the object. I'm pretty sure that the glow-in-the-dark rejects the blue laser because of the lack of color.

[D3athch1ld]

@MrJimi333 Each color of light has a different frequency, And glow-in-the-dark stuff changes at certain frequencies. So, it has to do with the color of light.

[DarkBallProductions]

awsome