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I don't have an exact number for it, but it is longer. Maybe 5 mm or there about. If I understand your other question correctly, they are ~ the same aperture.
If you are talking about the f number... both lenses have the same diameter and the FL are as described.
The lower NA (~ to Aperture/FL) could be one reason. To avoid clipping the NA of the lens should be higher than the one the diode. Another reason for the clipping with the short FL lens could be beam distortion introduced by the diode's window. Depending how thick it is, it will add a beam displacement if the diode front facet is not exact parallel to the window and/or the window has a wedge.
Since the lens with the higher FL but the same apperture produces a "better" beam, the lens maybe just clips the artefact?
Singlemode