I have a driver that can output 50A 5ns 20kHz pulses and want to use it to power a blue diode.
However, I have a few questions which are hopefully cheaper and faster to ask rather than determine experimentally!
1. Is there any danger of facet damage from these short pulses?
2. Can I extrapolate the peak power from the W/A charts in datasheets? Does it taper off between the ~1A region and the 50A region?
3. Is there any point getting a multi-Watt diode for this or will I be better off with a ~100mW diode? Maybe even a single-mode?
4. Are there any blue diodes particularly suited to ns pulsing?
5. What am I not considering that is really important...? (apart from a heat sink)
However, I have a few questions which are hopefully cheaper and faster to ask rather than determine experimentally!
1. Is there any danger of facet damage from these short pulses?
2. Can I extrapolate the peak power from the W/A charts in datasheets? Does it taper off between the ~1A region and the 50A region?
3. Is there any point getting a multi-Watt diode for this or will I be better off with a ~100mW diode? Maybe even a single-mode?
4. Are there any blue diodes particularly suited to ns pulsing?
5. What am I not considering that is really important...? (apart from a heat sink)