Laser stability over time

Posted by Milan Esner on
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Dear colleagues,

we have new Zeiss LSM880 confocal microscope in our facility and performing measurements of laser stability over time.
I am using slide with mirror and measuring reflection on internal detectors.
However the results shows quite high fluctuation for all lasers.
I would like to ask you if you are measuring the stability in time of lasers on your microscopes and what is the correct method for this measurement and also how big fluctuation you observe on your system?

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience. Best regards,

Milan