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And things sure are interesting! The sled was one that I have never seen before, as was the diode! The diode had no barcode on the back, but it had a number printed on it. It says B0323. Pretty weird.
Onto the testing:
I turned it on at roughly 30mA and to my surprise it was already lasing. This gave me the feeling that the diode would probably be really weak. The spot also had huge yellow blocks around it... which led me to believe I had overheated it (I got the thing REALLY REALLY hot on accident.. long story) so Anyway I begin adding current. At 60mA it was doing about 45mW. Still had yellow blocks. SO I decided to go straight to 80mA, 70mW with yellow blocks. At 90mA I noticed the blocks were fading away, and it was doing 85mW. Up to 100! At 100mA it's doing close to 100mW and the yellow blocks are gone. This is as far as I have gotten, but I'm still going!
Update: 110mW @ 110mA
Update again: 120mW @ 120mA this thing just keeps going!
Still going!: 131mW @ 129.8mA
Wow... I'm really suprised at how solid this diode is so far... 140mW @ 140mA
Onto the testing:
I turned it on at roughly 30mA and to my surprise it was already lasing. This gave me the feeling that the diode would probably be really weak. The spot also had huge yellow blocks around it... which led me to believe I had overheated it (I got the thing REALLY REALLY hot on accident.. long story) so Anyway I begin adding current. At 60mA it was doing about 45mW. Still had yellow blocks. SO I decided to go straight to 80mA, 70mW with yellow blocks. At 90mA I noticed the blocks were fading away, and it was doing 85mW. Up to 100! At 100mA it's doing close to 100mW and the yellow blocks are gone. This is as far as I have gotten, but I'm still going!
Update: 110mW @ 110mA
Update again: 120mW @ 120mA this thing just keeps going!
Still going!: 131mW @ 129.8mA
Wow... I'm really suprised at how solid this diode is so far... 140mW @ 140mA