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From: agn@unh.cs.cmu.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: High Power IR-LED's
Message-ID: <1015@unh.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 13:30:20 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 24 13:30:20 1987
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You can buy IR-laser diodes in the 7 to 25 W (right watt!) range for $14.88
(order number R6MI60468) from:   
	BNF Enterprises		(617) 531-5774
        119 Foster Street
        P.O. Box 3357
        Peabody, MA 01961-3357
This is from a March '87 catalog. These are probably surplus devices or
devices that failed some quality inspection...

In any event, such a diode is downright dangerous: high power IR can harm the
eye even if you can't see it. It is also not easy to drive such a device:
you need to deal with fairly high current and such diodes tend to be rather
sensitive.

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