Hey Low-Q: I just purchased the same driver on ebay. I havent recieved it yet but thanks for sharing your experience. The picture will help me in my project. I had also powered the 1w 445nm diode with a driver that did not supply enough to pass the threshhold and it seems when its in that...
ah dead...... No guys not dead. Hope your not throwing these things away. send em to me :)
OK so you fired the bastard back on itself and now you have a distored beam or just a haze. lets think about the laser anatomy
HHH< [_] [_____] )| () |) ||
Diode Nd:YVO4 KTP ...