My company is getting bombarded with offers to sell us 445nm laser diodes. I've never seen that before. It's like there is now a glut of these diodes and they are trying to dump them everywhere.
I guess it's not all bad. I've been designing a new fiber coupled diode lab system but was going to use the old and busted 650nm diodes for testing due to their price and high power but now I'm thinking of doing it in 445nm as the demonstrations will generally look better. Clients like flash and bling.
The Frothy Chimp
Cynic Extraordinaire
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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