BlueRay Optics

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Hello ppl.

I Got the measurement of the DrLava driver board all fixed up and connected the Diode finally. and yehoo i got blue (sry.. Violet)
It shines wery bright but i wonder litle what kind of optics i should get to actually work out a nice beam from this diode.

I tested shortly with an lens from an old 5mw green laserpointer. and it worked, although i saw that inside the laserpointer it had quite a few other lenses/optics.

So if anyone know what i would need to get the best beam out of a single diode i would be wery happy.

I should also say that i just bought 3 more of these bluray diodes
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&it em=270260373637

and im planing on combining them. i know i will probably loose some power with the beamsplitters/combiners but hopfully not all.

thnx

/Rickard

pics of DrLavas driver board.