The project creates a night vision illumination through the uses of high
power infrared laser diodes and modules.
The laser head unit containing both the high
power visible red laser diode and infrared laser diode were taken from a DVD/CD writer combo unit. In the completed long range illuminator and camera magnifier, there is no visible laser need in this setup since the alignment was automatic by having the laser inline with the gun sight.
The infrared radiation that is completely invisible to the human eye will be displayed as normal white light by viewing the scene on a video monitor. To mount to the camera tripod and hold both the video
camera and gun sight in a balanced position, a small metal bar was drilled out.
For easy adjustment and stable imaging, the completed illumination and camera zoom system is mounted to a camera tripod. In order to see the scene lit by the invisible infrared radiation, it can be connected to a video monitor. This night vision illumination system is capable of very long distance imaging and some with even higher levels of infrared laser radiation