The Protected Silver mirrors work rather well for most of the visible
spectrum, and are relatively cheap.
Craig
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:57 PM, John Oreopoulos
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> There are many vendors out there, but here are the ones that I've used for
> building a TIRF microscope (no commercial interest).
> Chroma
> Omega Optical
> Semrock
> Thorlabs
> Thorlabs also sells regular mirrors and mounts for directing laser beams
> through an optical train. The specs for the mirrors will depend on what
> types of lasers and fluorescent probes you'll want to be using. Go for the
> high quality ones (maximum transmission/reflection in the wavelength ranges
> you need for your experiments).
> John Oreopoulos, BSc,
> PhD Candidate
> University of Toronto
> Institute For Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
> Centre For Studies in Molecular Imaging
> Tel: W:416-946-5022
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> On 24-Sep-09, at 4:49 PM, Eric Marino wrote:
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> I’m building my own TIRF LASER Launch, can anybody recommend a vendor to
> purchase mirrors and dichroics from and what their specs should be?
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> Sincerely,
> Eric Marino
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