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Great answer by Guy Cox,
Laser blocking theatrical Gel gets sold in sheets, just be sure to get a WL
that blocks your laser
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Guy Cox <
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> Holly,
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> I'm assuming you want to stop the exposure to the operator on an
> inverted microscope. Is that correct? Most inverted fluorescence
> microscopes already come with a plastic safety screen for that purpose -
> isn't that enough? If not I'd suggest getting some theatrical plastic
> filter. This comes in big sheets, is very cheap, and has guaranteed
> absorption spectra. A yellow-orange tint should do the trick, but check
> the spectra to see that it will block your laser lines. You can easily cut
> bits to fit, and replace them as often as necessary. I can't see that
> window tint would do much since it's mainly designed to block IR.
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> Guy
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> Hi, All - I apologize for the non-confocal nature of this question, but I
> cannot think of a better resource than this community. I am looking for
> some sort of "tinting" or similar to minimize the laser exposure through a
> clear plastic incubation chamber on a TIRF-based rig. Our laser safety
> officer suggested tinting would be okay, but I have no idea where to look
> for that in custom sizes/amounts. Would window tinting for vehicles work?
> Has anyone done this? Would love to hear your experience.
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> Thanks as always!
> -Holly
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