CONFORMED COPY
                              FORM 10-Q/A
                       Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-Q


                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C.  20549

               Quarterly Report Under Section 13 or 15(d)
                 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


For Quarter Ended:  January 29, 1999
Commission File Number:  0-16304

                         OPTEK TECHNOLOGY, INC.
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                         State of Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)


                         75-1962405
          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


  1215 West Crosby Road               Carrollton, Texas    75006
 (Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip Code)


                    (972)  323-2200
     (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to
file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
  
                 X
               ----           ----
               Yes            No

Number of common shares outstanding as of January 29, 1999:
7,705,606 with par value $.01 per share

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The last sentence of the third paragraph under "Results of
Operation" in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" is amended to read as
follows:

  The Company anticipates expenditures in absolute dollars to be
greater during fiscal 1999 than during fiscal 1998 in order to
support new product development and expand ongoing engineering
support.




                         SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
behalf of the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                              Optek Technology, Inc.


 Date: March 23, 1999         By:/s/ William J. Collinsworth
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                                   William J. Collinsworth
                                   Vice President - Finance and
                                   CFO