While it is a well known fact that LEDs can be overdriven when are run in pulsed mode generally it is not recommended to overdrive LDs. I found a number of papers which report that various CW LDs can reliably produce up to 30 times higher output in pulsed mode when driven with <10nc pulses. I wander if anybody tried to overdrive LDs with 100-500nm laser pulses? I’m thinking about running them at twice recommended current.