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In article <1989Dec20.201756.13059@athena.mit.edu> maddog@Athena.MIT.EDU (Matthew J Marjanovic) writes:
>
>	There are laser diodes in the watt range, however they have
>	very short, pulsed beams, unlike the continuous output types
>	usually found in CD players and the like.
>

My mistake - I feel *real* silly.  Looking through the "Laser Focus
World 1990 Buyer's Guide" I found the following visible semiconductor 
laser diodes :

@ 0.67 um, Antel Optronics Inc. model#PL-670 with a rep-rate of 200kHz,
pulse width of 0.12 ns (FAST!!!) and pulse energy of 8.4E-6 joules
(corresponds to 7E+4 Watts "peak" or 1.68 Watts average).

again @ 0.67 um but for CW operation, Holo-Spectra, Spindler&Hoyer,
Melles-Griot, NEC and LiCONiX make various laser systems.  Some of these
are turn-key systems and CW power varies from 2 to 80 mW.

My guess is that none of the above lasers come anywhere close to only
$19 per unit.

Note re. the posting in which I made my silly mistake, the Laser diode was
emitting in the IR (not the original request).  If the original poster
wants addresses, phone numbers I would be happy to oblige.

Humble apologies again,

Dave LeBlanc
dleblanc@joplin.mpr.ca