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From: "cristian" <cristianbip@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Cheap UV laser?


>
>>Why do you need a laser? A UV LED with a collimating lens should be
>>sufficient. You don't need coherent light, and the only advantage then to
>>a
>>laser is the smaller beam divergence initially.

UV LEDs don't have anything like enough power.

Leon

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