some macros of a red diode from a DVD burner

[dentillozie]

here are some macro pictures of a red laser diode from a DVD burner (the diode was LED thats why i decaned it)













hope u liked it, i know the quality ist that great but it was the best i could do

-DenTilloZie

 

[BShanahan14rulz]

The fifth image looks liek the die is mounted on a tiny little sugar cube

 

[ApexProxy]

LOL it does doesn't it. Looks tasty bro.

What I do for insane macros on diodes is I used my phone's camera and stick a 3-element 445nm AR lens backwards directly on top of the camera's lens and get super crazy close to the diode. I am able to get shots like this with that method:

I have gotten better ones if I take more time to carefully focus but those came out fairly well in the rush I was in to take them at the time.