Coherent Inc. has now shipped 1000 of the company’s Chameleon lasers for use in multiphoton excitation (MPE) microscopy, making this broadly tunable “one-box” laser the market leader in this key bioimaging application. Chameleon lasers provide biologists with widely tunable, push button femtosecond output with pulse characteristics that can be modified in seconds to meet the […]
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Newport Offers Wide Variety of Technical Support Resources
Newport Corporation, a worldwide leader in laser and photonic solutions, offers a wide variety of technical support resources, including video demonstrations, technical articles, application notes, product instructional manuals, and technology tutorials. Instructive product videos can be found on www.youtube.com/NewportCorporation and the company’s published technical articles are available online at www.newport.com/articles. Technical application notes are also […]
1 Watt Portable Blue Laser Poses a Hazard
As new lower-cost laser technology becomes more readily available to consumers, laser safety experts at the Laser Institute of America (LIA) are concerned for the public’s safety. Recently released to the public and promoted as the world’s first 445 nm direct blue diode portable laser with output powers of up to 1 Watt, an internet […]
6th Annual LSO Workshop Overview – the BLS Perspective
The 6th Annual LSO Workshop was held July 27-29, 2010 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in Berkeley, Calif. Hosted by Ken Barat, this year’s workshop promised to provide “presentations on topics not found in standard laser safety training and solutions to real-world safety issues.”
Coherent Extends PowerMax Miniaturized Laser Power Meter Line
Coherent Inc. has expanded its revolutionary PowerMax™-USB/RS series of laser power measurement products with the addition of several new sensors. PowerMax-USB/RS sensors, first introduced in December, 2009, were the world’s first to integrate a sensor head with complete meter electronics that are miniaturized within a USB 2.0 or RS‑232 cable connector. The original product offering […]