[OpenSPIM] lasers for SPIM

[Krieger, Jan]

Hi everybody!

as one of our lasers (491nm) died down yesterday, I wanted to ask, which lasers you prefer for the openSPIM:

- So we use Cobolt DPSS lasers, which can not be modulated
- If we can't repair our laser, I thought about getting one of these:
   1. a Cobolt MLD http://www.cobolt.se/coboltmld.html
   2. Coherent Cube http://www.coherent.com/products/?1007/CUBE
   3. Coherent Saphire http://www.coherent.com/products/?1638/Sapphire-Lasers
   4. Coherent OBIS http://www.coherent.com/products/?1884/OBIS-Lasers

I would appreciate any help/hints you can give me on these (and possibly other) lasers, that you think suitable for SPIM.

Best,
JAN


Dipl.-Phys. Jan Krieger
German Cancer Research Center (dkfz)
Department B040 - Biophysics of Macromolecules (Prof. J. Langowski)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 580
69120 Heidelberg

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