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Laser driver current and temperature management

For a project I need to make a custom laser driver for a dot green laser module.

Below and here 1 you can find my design, the laser I've using now is a PLT5 510 OSRAM, the VSYS is 3,7 V DC from a Li-Ion battery.

The optical power output measured with this set-up are around 1.5 mW, I need to increase the optical power output around 10 times more. I can adjust the feedback current changing the value of the resistors.

If I increase the optical power output, the temperature of the module increase a lot, 90 degrees instead 35 degrees in the normal use.

How can I make a good regulation of the current of the laser module, and get almost 10 mW of optical power output, with a less temperature in the module?

I've no idea if I can use PWM to drive the laser and how to make this regulation, because the laser has a Feeback PIN and I'm thinking about the PWM can affect to the normal and properly running of the laser module.

Please can anybody help me?

Thanks in advance!

Driver laser module