Coherent has now shipped a thousand of its Chameleon 'one-box' lasers for use in multi-photon excitation (MPE) microscopy applications.
Chameleon lasers provide biologists with tuneable, push-button femtosecond output with pulse characteristics that can be modified in seconds to meet the needs of a variety of experiments.
According to Mark Sobey, Coherent's executive vice-president and general manager of the speciality laser systems business group, MPE microscopy has been a key enabling tool in bio-imaging applications.
Chris Dorman, general manager of Coherent Scotland, added that the company has extended the range of its Chameleon lasers to enable the use of longer-wavelength probes.
'Similarly, as microscope builders increased the complexity of their optical systems, in some cases adding multiple acousto-optic deflectors, we implemented the ability to compensate for the pulse lengthening that this produces,' said Dorman.
