Diode Housings

[QUAZAR]

It appears that Aixiz no longer do the square shaped diode housings. I am aware of the ones from MI, but are there any others about?

[The_Doctor]

Wow, I thought those were a staple, set to overrun the world like Triffids. People were even making lens mounts specifically based on those as a standard. So I'm also wondering, what's next?

[stanwax]

take a look at the 100mW 660nm red lasers I sell. Bridge is considering selling these housings with lens and driver - any interest?

51mm long x 18mm diameter adjustable optics

Rob

[The_Doctor]

They're neat (and almost exactly the size of an AA battery, I notice) but two things might need to be done for an ideal for small mountings for use in laser systems, one is a mount that adapts the side of the barrel to a plane surface, and conducts heat well (which is what was nice about the square section housings). The other is a focusser that can be adjusted without interrupting the beam. Red diodes hate retroreflection, and if the mounting is right in front of a PBS, it's definitely better if focus can be adjusted from the side or some other way. (Not easy, I know, it's the main sticking point in my own design, which adjusts with a screw set into the back of a mounting block and is not what most people want anyway.)

[QUAZAR]

I wonder if its worth getting some of these from Deal Extreme and stripping them. Cost is only $17.

[daedal]

I wonder if its worth getting some of these from Deal Extreme and stripping them. Cost is only $17.

Don't bother... I've damaged close to 10 of these in that exact same process. They are great modules, but for some reason they made it so that the glue is IN the grooves, and the metal that the lens holder is made of is so fragile, it's practically impossible to take it out without A) scratching the lens B) damaging the lens holder itself...

They are, nonetheless, one of the best diode housing I have ever used!

--DDL

[hydrogenman15]

Don't bother... I've damaged close to 10 of these in that exact same process. They are great modules, but for some reason they made it so that the glue is IN the grooves, and the metal that the lens holder is made of is so fragile, it's practically impossible to take it out without A) scratching the lens B) damaging the lens holder itself...

They are, nonetheless, one of the best diode housing I have ever used!

--DDL

--DDL

I've use the back end of an axiz module (the open part of it) to press them out. The lens looks fine and was untouched.

--hydro15

[Anthony]

Don't bother... I've damaged close to 10 of these in that exact same process. They are great modules, but for some reason they made it so that the glue is IN the grooves, and the metal that the lens holder is made of is so fragile, it's practically impossible to take it out without A) scratching the lens B) damaging the lens holder itself...

They are, nonetheless, one of the best diode housing I have ever used!

--DDL

I have used that housing and removed the holder with no problems!!!!
There is just one thinh you must know....
REMOVE TOWARDS THE BACK.

The front of the heatsink is smaller than the back opening.
I couldn't remove it so i taped it towards the bak and then twisted the brass diodeholder out.

[dave]

These are the mounts we had made up a while back to suit our blue didoes.. I didn't like the idea of forcing a diode into a press fit style mounting tube, so I designed this one. The diode slip fits into the back of the mount, and there is a little plate that holds the diode in place

[QUAZAR]

Do you have any more pictures Dave? How much would they likely cost?