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Are Holography LASERs Expensive? Holography has seen an amazing shift in LASER's since the beginning of 1999. Before then, you needed rather-expensive Helium-Neon lasers to make a hologram. Now, holograms can be created using very inexpensive diode lasers -- such as the diodes found in common laser pointers. A brand new 5-milliwatt Helium-Neon laser will cost you around $800-900 dollars at present. The same power (5-milliwatt) laser diode can be purchased for around $14-$15. This has opened the field of holography to many people who would not otherwise have the chance to begin making their own holograms. In fact, you can put an entire holography system together, including the laser, for around $35-$50. This is what I have done with my Shoebox Holography System.
There is absolutely no need to purchase an expensive laser to do holography anymore. That is now in the past.
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