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The ability to switch these lasers on and off through a serial interface and
also to set its power is quite interesting and makes me wonder whether this
can be used to shutter this light source in biological imaging.

How quickly after sending a 'laser on' signal does the laser reach its
preset output power?  
Is it feasible to switch these lasers on and off up to a number of times per
second?  
Do such switching operations affect the lifetime of the laser? 
How fast does the laser respond to a request to change output power?  
How stable is the laser directly after a command changing output power?

Thanks for the info!

>On Jul 3, 2007, at 1:42 PM, Steve Knight wrote:

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>Commercial interest!

>David,

>Cobolt manufacture 25, 50 and 100mW 491nm lasers.  All are in the same
>package and all have an RS232 interface on the controller that can be used
>to set the power.

>You can download specifications and manuals at www.cobolt.se

>Regards

>Steve Knight