lsm510meta - 405nm diode replacement

[Josef Gotzmann]

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Dear List,

Our 405nm violet diode laser (iFlex2000-P-X-405-X-10-N from PointSource
Ltd., now Qioptics) attached to a Zeiss LSM510-Meta has died. I wanted to
replace the diode, but there is a striking delivery bottleneck (at least
here in Austria) in the range of 3 months.
Has anyone of you experience in setting up a 405nm diode pumped solid state
laser from a different company: any suggestions welcome
I guess the major point is geometric assembly on the bench - our 405nm is
now free-space coupled to the fiber. So height and incident angle of the
beam need fine adjustment!?

Thx for any help,

Josef

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I bet any 405 laser with a decent beam profile would work.  The laser has to be mounted with the correct polarization.  Alignment into the fiber is difficult at first, if you haven't done it before, but is doable.
-Michael C.

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Subject: lsm510meta - 405nm diode replacement

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Dear List,

Our 405nm violet diode laser (iFlex2000-P-X-405-X-10-N from PointSource
Ltd., now Qioptics) attached to a Zeiss LSM510-Meta has died. I wanted to
replace the diode, but there is a striking delivery bottleneck (at least
here in Austria) in the range of 3 months.
Has anyone of you experience in setting up a 405nm diode pumped solid state
laser from a different company: any suggestions welcome
I guess the major point is geometric assembly on the bench - our 405nm is
now free-space coupled to the fiber. So height and incident angle of the
beam need fine adjustment!?

Thx for any help,

Josef

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[Craig Brideau]

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We had a Melles Griot 638 die on one of our microscopes (a couple months
after the warranty expired I might add) and a replacement wasn't available.
I went with a company called Pavilion Integration Corporation; they build
semi-custom laser diode and diode pumped systems at quite reasonable
prices.  The specs on my new laser from Pavilion are about a factor of 10
better than the original in terms of noise as well.  You might want to give
them a try.

http://www.pavilionintegration.com/

(no commercial interest)

Craig


On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Cammer, Michael <[hidden email]
> wrote:

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> I bet any 405 laser with a decent beam profile would work.  The laser has
> to be mounted with the correct polarization.  Alignment into the fiber is
> difficult at first, if you haven't done it before, but is doable.
> -Michael C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]]
> On Behalf Of Josef Gotzmann
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:19 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: lsm510meta - 405nm diode replacement
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> Dear List,
>
> Our 405nm violet diode laser (iFlex2000-P-X-405-X-10-N from PointSource
> Ltd., now Qioptics) attached to a Zeiss LSM510-Meta has died. I wanted to
> replace the diode, but there is a striking delivery bottleneck (at least
> here in Austria) in the range of 3 months.
> Has anyone of you experience in setting up a 405nm diode pumped solid state
> laser from a different company: any suggestions welcome
> I guess the major point is geometric assembly on the bench - our 405nm is
> now free-space coupled to the fiber. So height and incident angle of the
> beam need fine adjustment!?
>
> Thx for any help,
>
> Josef
>
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