Blue, Violet, almost Ultraviolet really. I made a driver board and just need to finish the heatsink and mount it in a case. I bought a translucent blue project box from Hammond that I'll be mounting the laser in.

• 405nm (Blue) Laser
• 3 pin
• 3.6mm diameter

Based on schematic from http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/Blu-ray/site1/diode.html

Currently I am using a plastic collimating lens intended for a red laser diode.

I need to get a quote on a proper lens such as this one from Lightpath, 352673-A or 352671-A

Both Edmund and Thorlabs carry as well as Newport.

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You can see the photodiode in the back of the can. The Violet LD dosen't have a photodiode.

• 650nm (Red) Laser
• 760nm (IR) Laser

3.6mm diameter

• Dichroic mirror
• Beam splitter

HD DVD player which was disassembled.

Toshiba HD DVD Player

Model HD-A2KU

Require a DB9 Male

• Determining the Laser Diode Pinout
• Diode Laser Power Supplies
• Toshiba Laser Diode Product Catalog - Should be very useful - Local Copy
• Toshiba HDA2 Service Manual - Not as useful as you might think. Should be useful for scavenging other parts off of the board, especially the display and the TOSLINK connector.
• Blu-Ray
  • Dissection of a Blu-ray Reader Assembly - Different than what I encountered
  • http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/violaser.html
  • http://www.fineartradiography.com/hobbies/lasers/blu-ray/index.html
  • http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/Blu-ray/site1/optics.html
  • http://www.k3pgp.org/laserbias.htm