Laser diode sidedly isn't working there seems o be something in the diode blocking it

[Evanablakely]

So my new laser was working fine at first, it is a 1W blue laser, but as I was using it all of a sudden it got dim and had this weird circle around the dot. I took out the diode and there seems to be a little piece of something blocking it inside the diode. Any idea what this is and how to fix it? Thanks!

 

[Pman]

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