405 laser on FV1000 dead - can I use third party?

[Avi Jacob]

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Hi all,

The 405 UV laser on our FV1000 is dead. So says the Technician.

This is an original Olympus part that connects directly to the scan head,
and not into the combiner box with the AOTF. But it also has a cable
running from the PSU/controller box into the combiner box. So there there
must be electrical control shenanigans going on there.  Bottom line we were
told we need to get an original replacement. (Unlike our 595 and Argon
lasers that are third party). And it's expensive. Very.

That said, someone here must have had a similar issue and I would love to
hear any solutions.

Thanks,
Avi


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Avi Jacob, Ph.D.
Head of Light Microscopy
The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
http://tinyurl.com/BIU-Microscopy

[ulas.coskun]

Commercial Interest:

ISS Inc.  is a microscopy company providing solutions for FCS/FLIM(FD-TD)/FRET/RICS/N&B.

For Olympus: We have laser combiner to combine pulsed laser to their VIS laser, laser launcher, DAQ for various experiments, GaAsP detectors, nanoimaging solutions, particle tracking(orbital tracking)

I donot know your system however, our lasers can be coupled to UV port. Please email me to talk about your options.

Regards,
Ulas.
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Hi all,

The 405 UV laser on our FV1000 is dead. So says the Technician.

This is an original Olympus part that connects directly to the scan head, and not into the combiner box with the AOTF. But it also has a cable running from the PSU/controller box into the combiner box. So there there must be electrical control shenanigans going on there.  Bottom line we were told we need to get an original replacement. (Unlike our 595 and Argon lasers that are third party). And it's expensive. Very.

That said, someone here must have had a similar issue and I would love to hear any solutions.

Thanks,
Avi


--
Avi Jacob, Ph.D.
Head of Light Microscopy
The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel http://tinyurl.com/BIU-Microscopy