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Is this laser diode dead?

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The 40A laser diode bar I ordered arrived today, but i was looking at it and it looked like the silicon is chipped, i also tested it with a multimeter and current can flow both ways i thought a laser diode is a laser diode?

I don't have anything to power it up but i wanted to know if it is dead which i highly think it is.

sorry for bad pictures but its hard to focus on something small with a crap camera.

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I thought what the heck and tested it by contenting it strait to a battery, it didn't work but after cleaning off the broken silicon it worked.
Because half of the silicon is missing I'm guessing I can only power it up half of the maximum power.
 




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