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. 2017 Apr 3;7:571. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-00702-x

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Class I Biosafety Cabinets for laser head and power supply of a Ti-Sapphire laser. (a) Front view. The laser head and power supply BSC are outfitted with a manual valve for the intake of air from a ventilator unit that maintains a positive pressure within each of them. The laser head BSC has built-in an opening that allows air exhaust and the exit of the laser beam. The power supply BSC has built in a glove box system to allow the access to the controls and an air exhaust. For convenience the laser head can rest on a rail of the power supply BSC for moving both parts within the BLS3 laboratory. (b) Back view. The power cables of the laser components are connected to a power bar and its cable pass through the wall of the power supply BSC by a thermos-retractable airtight cable gland before being plugged into a wall socket. The same type of pass-through connection is used to exit a USB and serial port cable from the power supply BSC to connect to a spectrometer and the computer piloting the microscope, respectively. A push-to-connect fitting housed within an airtight thermo-retractable cable gland does the connection of the laser head to the chiller by passing through the wall of the power supply BSC. (c,d) The laser head BSC sits on top of an optical table through the use of 3 custom made self-sealing feet that transverse the BSC to prevent its deformation overtime due to the weight of the laser head.