optical drive lasers

[PLNelson]

Hello all!
First post here. I have to say, this is a great site, with lots of good information.

I was tearing apart some optical drives today (CD/DVD) and saw that the lasers all have gold in or on them. Anyone have experience with these? It's a bit of work to get to.

Thanks,
Phil

 

[lazersteve]

There are some old posts on the subject.

Here's one of them:

CD Rom

Steve