FV1000 MultiAr laser change for a Solid State

[Fran Guaimas]

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Dear All

We have a  Olympus FV1000 Confocal, and the MultiAr laser is dying, so we
have to replace it. We have thinking to change the MultiAr laser for a
Solid state laser, and the problem is that there are a lot of lasers
manufacturers out there, you can recommend someone based on your experience?

Thanks and regard,

Fran

[Craig Brideau]

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Hi Francisco, what lines are you using from the Argon laser? If you are
using more than two it gets expensive to replace them.

Craig
On Apr 21, 2016 8:44 AM, "Francisco Guaimas" <[hidden email]>
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> Dear All
>
> We have a  Olympus FV1000 Confocal, and the MultiAr laser is dying, so we
> have to replace it. We have thinking to change the MultiAr laser for a
> Solid state laser, and the problem is that there are a lot of lasers
> manufacturers out there, you can recommend someone based on your
> experience?
>
> Thanks and regard,
>
> Fran
>

[Fran Guaimas]

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Hi Craig,

Thanks for response.

We use the 488nm line. In rare cases we use the 515nm and the 458nm.

Thanks.

Fran

[Craig Brideau]

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If you are willing to give up the 515 and 458nm lines entirely, then go
ahead and replace it with a solid-state 488nm laser. If you really need
those other lines then you are better off having your argon laser
refurbished, or buying a new Argon laser.

Craig Brideau

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> Hi Craig,
>
> Thanks for response.
>
> We use the 488nm line. In rare cases we use the 515nm and the 458nm.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Fran
>

[Stanislav Vitha-2]

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I was in a similar situation ~4 years ago with our FV1000. Since we use the
488 and 515 lines a lot and the 458 every now and then, I wanted the
multi-line Ar again.
I ended up purchasing a refurbished Ar laser with a new laser tube, exactly
he same Melles Griot model that we had,  for a very reasonable price
(Dynamic laser, Salt Lake City; no affiliation just a happy customer).  I
could have sent my own laser  to be refurbished and save some more
money but we could not afford the downtime.  
~4000 hours later the laser is humming along.
So now I have a spare laser to be fixed when this one dies but it is more
likely the current microscope will be retired before we get to that point.  

Stan Vitha
Microscopy and Imaging Center
Texas A&M University


On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 14:15:47 -0600, Craig Brideau
<[hidden email]> wrote:

>
>If you are willing to give up the 515 and 458nm lines entirely, then go
>ahead and replace it with a solid-state 488nm laser. If you really need
>those other lines then you are better off having your argon laser
>refurbished, or buying a new Argon laser.
>
>Craig Brideau
>
>On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Francisco Guaimas <
>[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Craig,
>>
>> Thanks for response.
>>
>> We use the 488nm line. In rare cases we use the 515nm and the

458nm.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Fran
>>