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thank you very much for the swift reply, I actually don't need it as a wavelength standard, but as a small source for entangled photons. I'm well aware of the

• analog31 7y ago
  Aha, the company name changed. But I've bought these under the Ocean Optics brand, and they've always worked fine. Note that they have a variety of elements, not just mercury. If you don't need great gobs of photons, a small neon lamp is a lot more friendly to play with, still involves dangerous high voltage, but no UV. The NE-2 lamp is a common one, available from electronic parts suppliers. I found the circuit of the sterilizer pen to be impenetrable, as it contains a microcontroller, which is a "black box" to me. I think they wanted to make it hard to jimmy. https://www.oceaninsight.com/products/light-sources/calibration-sources/wavelength-calibration-sources/ https://www.oceaninsight.com/products/light-sources/calibrat... Understand that I have to be conservative about this stuff. I'm not an engineer, so I have to assume the worst about the hazards. Also, I do know from using any of these lamps, that a timer is a good investment, so you don't burn them out prematurely.