Zeiss 510 confocals (don't know about thew 710) have a detector in the
laser light path to measure relative intensity during acquisition and
to monitor stability over time.  It is the "ChM" channel.

-Esteban


On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Antonio Borgonovo
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> Dear friends,
>
> Does anyone know if there is any - commercial or homemade - device to measure the laser
> intensity during a confocal experiment in real time? or else, does any commercial confocal
> microscope have this possibility as a built-in feature?
>
> Thank’s
> Simona e antonio
>
>
>
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>
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>



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