The problem is that you usually either blow the front facet off, or else cause gross crystal damage in the active region. You wind up with an ugly beam with stripes in it. Personally I'd just risk damaging the monitor photodiode and scratch the back facet.
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I'd probably avoid crocus cloth because it tends to leave stuff behind IME. Maybe Harbor Freight has some little wires coated with diamond grit, or something like that?
The Chinese make skinny diamond grit wheels really cheap, so maybe a shard of one of those would work.
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Phil Hobbs
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
160 North State Road #203
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 USA
+1 845 480 2058
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