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In terms of Amperes?
Not sure there are 1W, 635nm diodes but I may be wrong. I'm certain that if there were 1W diodes, then the beam would be almost unworkable. Good correction optics would be essential. Best bet would probably be to combine lower output diodes using either PBS cubes or, more likely, knife-edge a number of them with a complex build and optics. Then you have to deal with power to several diodes and keeping them cool...
Not an easy question to answer but Andy would probably know more. Ahem, Andy?
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Not sure there are 1W, 635nm diodes but I may be wrong. I'm certain that if there were 1W diodes, then the beam would be almost unworkable. Good correction optics would be essential. Best bet would probably be to combine lower output diodes using either PBS cubes or, more likely, knife-edge a number of them with a complex build and optics. Then you have to deal with power to several diodes and keeping them cool...
Not an easy question to answer but Andy would probably know more. Ahem, Andy?
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