Re: Resonant mirror noise

Posted by Eric Girard on Jul 26, 2018; 12:42pm
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Resonant-mirror-noise-tp7588458p7588468.html

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Hi Rory,

Often scanners are enclosed in a vacuum to reduce noise, it may be more
complicated to implement than insulation but it would be the most compact
approach.

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Eric Girard
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Le mer. 25 juill. 2018 21 h 03, Power, Rory <[hidden email]> a écrit :

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> Hi Confocalists,
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> We’re trying to circumvent the annoyance of resonant mirrors screaming at
> 8 kHz. I was wondering whether anyone has a recommendation for constructing
> soundproof containment?
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> Generally were using inexpensive resonant mirrors from EOPC:
> http://www.eopc.com/sc30.html
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> Also, does anyone know whether the more costly resonant scanners used for
> confocal/multi-photon laser scanning microscopies are any better in this
> regard? Were not hugely concerned with other attributes (simply for light
> sheet microscopy stripe suppression) just the piercing noise.
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> Many thanks in advance!
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> Rory
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