Sunday, 29 March 2015

Can laser diode be operated with lower than specified voltage?


This is kind of a silly question, but please bear with me.


Could I operate a laser diode, which accepts an input of voltage of 5v according to specifications, with a 3.7v battery, just in order to get some sort of a beam out (doesn't need to be at full intensity)?




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