which multiline gas laser should I buy

Posted by Yuval Ebenstein on
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Hello,
I'm looking for a cheaper alternative for a high power solid-state laser
combiner.
I'm thinking of buying an Ar/Kr (which gives almost every excitation
line I can think of) and I can't decide between the Innova 70c-spectrum
from Coherent and the Stabilite 2018-RM from Spectra-physics. They are
quite similar on paper but the spectra one is cheaper. I heard much
about the robustness of the Coherent model.
Anyone has experience with one of these? Anything special I should look for?
Many thanks
Yuval

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