i did have a struggle to release the diode i thought it would be a Powder Metallurgy heat sink which is brittle and easy to break away but it turned out to be a malleable metal.
i was going to split the IF beam and defocus it to make night vision :D just an experimental thing
thanks im just practicing i have a 10 mw one too got for 5 dollars i went to a shop in Australia and it was the highest they had. the had hardly any bits im going to order some stuff off a website
hello im new to this forum and lasers but i do know a little bit about lasers
today i opened up an all dvd player from a shitty commuter to get the diode out i succeeded and got a few extras as well, i know that diodes can have multiple pins usually 3 but my diode has 4 i searched in 4 pin...