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Article #7845Re: Kr\Ar laser life
From: MARSHALL H. MONTROSE
Date: Tue, 09 May 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 09 May 1995 00:00
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SEveral of the confocal vendors are offering a new option (or are about
to...) which should significantly help with laser lifetime. They can now
enable computer control of laser power such that it is only brought up to
the desired value directly prior to scanning: otherwise it stays in idle.
Since the Kr/Ar stabilizes in about one ms, you can cycle it back and
forth between idle and active without significant disaster. I know that
both Zeiss and Leica are bringing this new cability on-line for the
Omnichrome 643 series Ar/Kr. I do not know if the BioRad's ILT laser will
also have the same capability.
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Chip Montrose
Johns Hopkins University tel: 410-955-9681
Ross 930 FAX: (410) 955-9677
720 Rutland Avenue email: mmontros@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
Baltimore, MD 21205
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