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From: ron@vicorp.UUCP (Ron Peterson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Looking for cheap visible red laser diodes
Summary: Look in Edmund Scientific catalog
Keywords: laser diode red
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Date: 8 Jan 90 19:53:06 GMT
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     If you look in the latest Edmund Scientific catalog (the consumer
version, not the industrial one) they have two different models of
hand-held laser pointers that are based on visible, continuous, battery
powered laser diodes.  They are selling them for $400.00 so I suspect
the diodes themselves cost on the order of $100-$200 each.  Seems
like it won't be long before lasers are going to be real cheap.