CDRW IR laser test

Guys here's my clip of test of my IR laser harvested from LG 20x DVD burner, IRLD was used as CDRW burner at 48x speed, i used 140mA as maximum current and input 3.6v or 3pcs AAA rechargeable (1.2v rate each).

adgmeijin said:

Guys here's my clip of test of my IR laser harvested from LG 20x DVD burner, IRLD was used as CDRW burner at 48x speed, i used 140mA as maximum current and input 3.6v or 3pcs AAA rechargeable (1.2v rate each).

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Cool. Let us know how long it last like that. Do you have an IR camera? I actually got one of the CVS one-time use digital camcorders for $30 and removed the IR filter. But I don't have my IR laser yet. You could have lots of fun with an IR provided you use proper safety and have proper protection.

actually im using my IR laser almost 2 weeks til now, i was running it in 60 sec ON and 60 sec OFF for cooling it has minimal heatsink to absorb excess heat from the IRLD, i only use my crappy phone cam, i dont have a high pixeled cam. IR laser from CDRW was powerful enough to light a match, im using mine as much as 1 meter max. to do that, it takes 5 to 10 sec before ignition.

I used to use my phone camera to take pictures of the spot of some 780 nm diodes on the experiment I worked on. Phone cameras pick it up perfectly.