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From: cad@speedy.cs.wisc.edu (Owner of VLSI software)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: LASER diodes
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Date: 25 Mar 88 00:31:00 GMT
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Hey, optics gurus!

How much current should be put through a laser diode from
a compact disc player?

200ma is my guess (a friend used about 1.2A and it slowly
got dimmer).

Thanks,
Chris Schumann			chris@leyden.cs.wisc.edu
(Mail to this address if possible)