Here are some photos from my recent scientific work: Making glycine crystals in different polymorphic forms and using a 2W laser for Raman spectroscopy of gases. High power lasers are pretty fun.
Glycine crystals in a bottle.
Epically large single glycine crystals.
Lasers are cool. This is running at 2W output power.
The cell is filled with different gases and the Raman-scattered light is collected out the side windows.