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Peak power

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Hello, I have a 15 watt peak power laser and it averages only 6 to 6.5 watts. I previously thought the 15 watt was the max setting the laser can get to and I assumed there would be a switch or something to get it up there.

After doing more research it sounds like the 15 watts is just the division of the peak pulse by the pulse width, or something like that, not how much power the laser can receive?

So there is no real way of increasing the wattage of my laser? If I increased the voltage/amps would it increase it at all? Or maybe if I swapped the driver of the laser??

I know I can better focus the beam more, but I would like to have a stronger laser too if it's in the cards.
 





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A 6.5 watt CW direct diode laser is likely set at the maximum power already. By trying to increase the current further you will just shorten the life of the diode. Maybe by a lot. You can't just drive any diode harder to get more optical power out of it. They tend to overheat and go into thermal runaway. Then....pop.
 
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