Re: Useful life of ILT 5500ASL air cooled laser.
Ray Hicks (hicks@icrf.icnet.uk)
Mon, 19 Jun 1995 12:40:25 +0100 (BST)
Louis,
We've been using an Omnichrome air cooled argon ion and (and a HeCd) for
over two years now and have had no trouble with either. The Argon Ion
was originally tunable and this gave us a problem in that it detuned as
it warmed up, replacement of the prism with a mirror has left us with a
very stable laser that requires little interference (I have tuned it
twice but it wasn't really necessary). Power output on our model is
variable between 20 and 130 mW.
Ray
On Fri, 16 Jun 1995, Louis E King wrote:
> I seek information on the experience flow cytometry facilities are having with
> the useful life of Ion Laser Technology's Model 5500ASL-OOC-228 air cooled
> argon laser. They advertise 5000 hours or 2 years of service. I have obtained
> neither. If someone is having great success with another air cooled laser
> producing at least 50-100 mWatt at 488 nm, would you please post information?
> Thankyou for your help.
>
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