Andor Technology is launching a pulsed laser instrument designed to improve applications involving the ablation of sub-cellular organelles and molecular uncaging.
The Andor ALC-UVP-350i utilises a 350nm laser source with pulse energy up to 60uJ and repetition rate from 1Hz to 5kHz.
With computer control, pulse energy can be varied over more than four decades, spanning the range from micro-surgery to molecular uncaging.
UV pulses are delivered via optical fibre ensuring safe coupling to optical microscopes via dichroic coupler.
With UV spot size down to 2.5um and high aperture objectives, precision targeting can be achieved.
This instrument is a new addition to the Andor Revolution laser-spinning disk confocal system, which allows simultaneous imaging and ablation or uncaging.
The system is part of a core nanotechnology facility at University College in London.
