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- Page 1 DL Series Dye Lasers Elforlight Ltd Nene House Drayton Way Daventry Northants NN11 8EA Tel +44 1327 300069: Fax +44 1455 552974 www.elforlight.com Dye Manual.docx 06/12/2018...
- Page 2 NOTICE Elforlight Ltd. has made every attempt to ensure that the information in this document is accurate and complete. Elforlight Ltd. assumes no liability for errors, or for any incidental, consequential, indirect or special damages, including, without limitation, loss of use, delays or lost profits or savings, arising from the use of this document, or the product which it accompanies.
- Page 3 Contents 1. Basic User Manual 1.1. Laser safety 1.2. Dye laser operation Appendix 1 Dye solution Dye Manual.docx 06/12/2018...
- Page 4 Refer to pump laser safety and operating instructions prior to operating the dye laser. Elforlight dye lasers are designed and optimised to operate with FQS and SPOT lasers as manufactured by Elforlight. These Q-switched lasers have outputs at 532nm for dye laser pumping.
- Page 5 1.2. Dye laser operation The Elforlight dye laser is normally supplied with an Elforlight pump laser. The pump/dye laser combination will be pre-aligned in the factory and should need minimal alignment at installation. Prior to operation a dye solution will be required. See Appendix 1 for mixing dye solution procedure.
- Page 6 Tuning Filters: The dye laser is shipped with either one or two filters to cover the tuning range, depending on type of pump laser supplied. One extends up to 589nm, and the other above 589 to 610nm or further. The filter is held in its mount with an M2 set screw, which takes a 0.9mm wrench. Set screw Filter To change the filter, whilst wearing gloves or finger cots, loosen the set screw and...
- Page 7 Appendix 1 The test dye is Pyrromethene 597. A solution should be prepared with 40mg of dye in 30ml of Ethanol. The dye tubes should be connected between the dye pump and the dye cell. Turn on the dye pump and ensure there are no leaks in the system.
- Page 8 New dye solution: The Elforlight dye laser pumped by a SPOT laser is tested with Pyrromethene 597 dye in a solution in ethanol. The test solution of dye has been drained and is shipped in the bottle labelled “Test Solution”. To run the laser simply open the reservoir, pour the whole contents of the bottle into the reservoir, replace the lid and check that the dye flows on powering up the pump.
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