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What WL is the Laser?
You should probably be wearing Laser Safety Goggles.
If you are just trying to minimize scatter so you don't look at it then
window tint might work.
Do they make a tinted incubator that you can buy that is for your scope?
The local Autozone will have different shades of darkness to choose from,
$14

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Holly L. AARON <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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> Hi, All - I apologize for the non-confocal nature of this question, but I
> cannot think of a better resource than this community. I am looking for
> some sort of "tinting" or similar to minimize the laser exposure through a
> clear plastic incubation chamber on a TIRF-based rig.  Our laser safety
> officer suggested tinting would be okay, but I have no idea where to look
> for that in custom sizes/amounts. Would window tinting for vehicles work?
> Has anyone done this? Would love to hear your experience.
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> Thanks as always!
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