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BioPhotonics: April 2015

BioPhotonics
 April 2015


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Advances in Optical Filters Provide Rapid, On-the-Go Diagnosis When it comes to diagnostics, one of the most crucial – and often overlooked – components is the optical filter. But as manufacturing processes improve, optical filters of exceptional...
Comparing Micromanipulators for Electrophysiology Several different technologies offer a range of performance options within the confines of an optical microscope for patch-clamp studies, intracellular recording and other demanding experiments in...
Focus-Tunable Lenses Enable 3-D Microscopy Focus-tunable lenses speed up and enhance three-dimensional imaging capabilities in a diverse set of modern microscopy methods including confocal, two-photon and light-sheet microscopy. Microscopy...
Lasers for Microscopy: Major Trends Laser development for the microscopy market continues to be driven by key trends in applications, which currently include superresolution techniques, multiphoton applications in optogenetics and...
EDITORIAL
Improving Diagnosis for Better Resolution Conclusively identifying illness is job one for physicians, who rely on a variety of medical devices, along with an evaluation of signs and symptoms, to determine just what’s ailing patients. Diagnostic tools introduced through the centuries have ranged from microscopes and stethoscopes to thermometers and x-ray imaging and more, which have contributed greatly to modern health care. For...
BIOSCAN
Cubic Nanoantennas Eyed for NEMS Biosensors Lab-on-a-chip applications could benefit from cubical nanoantennas that direct light more effectively than spherical ones. The cubes, which are composed of insulating rather than conducting or semiconducting materials, are easier to fabricate and suffer little or no loss due to heat and scattering, according to researchers at Monash University. The team simulated a chain of 200-nm dielectric...
Fluorescent Label Aids Whole-Brain Imaging In Vivo A new permanent fluorescent label allows researchers to study complex neural activity in wide swaths of brain tissue in moving animals. Developed at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the label...
Expanded Tissues Can Be Seen Through Confocal Microscopes JFL Expanded Tissue Shows Confocal Microscopes More Detail CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 26, 2015 — Nobel Prize-winning superresolution microscopy techniques circumvent the diffraction limit of light...
Fluorometer Measures Glucose Levels Noninvasively A new light-based diagnostic tool allows physicians to monitor blood sugar levels in patients who can’t give blood samples. The Glucolight system is intended to help prevent hypoglycemia in...
Microscope Takes 3-D Images From Inside Moving Subjects A new kind of microscope enables rapid 3-D imaging of living and moving samples, potentially offering advantages over laser-scanning confocal, two-photon and light-sheet microscopy. Developed by...
RAPIDSCAN
Earnings Jump at Hamilton Thorne Biophotonics firm Hamilton Thorne Ltd. said it experienced a five-fold increase in profits from 2013 to 2014. Preliminary figures put net income at more than $800,000, compared to $125,000 the prior...
Newport Acquires Femtolasers, Touts Record Sales Newport Corp. notched sales and orders records in 2014, with profits reaching $35.1 million. Net sales for the year were $605.2 million, $158.7 million of that coming in the fourth quarter....
Companies To Develop IR Glass-Molded Optics Edmund Optics Inc. and Fisba Optik LLC of Tucson, Ariz., have teamed up to produce IR optics using nontraditional materials. The new components will be suited for life sciences applications such as...
In Memoriam: Charles Hard Townes Dr. Charles Hard Townes, whose work on stimulated emission led to the creation of lasers and enabled the photonics industry, died early Tuesday at age 99. Townes won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics...
JPK Opens Expanded Headquarters Citing growing demand for its nanoanalytics products, JPK Instruments has moved into expanded suite of offices and laboratories with increased manufacturing space. The company offers integrated...
Viso Systems, Acal BFi Extend Partnership Viso Systems of Copenhagen, Denmark, will distribute Acal BFi products in France, Italy, Spain and the U.K. The companies have had a distribution agreement for the last two years covering Germany....
Shanghai Investors Increase Stake in LightPath Technologies LightPath Technologies Inc. plans to use a $1.3 million investment to support new product development, sales and marketing of its IR products and the acquisition of new equipment. The optical...
LIA, OSHA Renew Laser Safety Alliance The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Laser Institute of America (LIA) have renewed their partnership to help protect workers from exposure to laser hazards. Under a...
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The Optical Nature of Yellowstone’s Pools Visitors from around the world view with awe the stunning colors of thermal pools in Yellowstone National Park, situated primarily in Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. The brilliant hues of these natural wonders – Morning Glory Pool, Sapphire Pool, Grand Prismatic Spring and others – have engaged the curiosity of Dr. Joseph Shaw, professor at Montana State University and...
PRODUCTS
Laser Positioning Stages New linear stages from Newport Corp. are engineered for extended operation in industrial environments with heavy duty cycles, like ultrafast laser micromachining, ablation, cutting or laser additive...
MKS/Newport
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UHV Windows Custom fabricated sapphire viewports and sight windows for ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) systems and process machinery are available from Meller Optics Inc. The windows provide Moh 9 hardness and are...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Remote Visual Inspection Featuring a powerful LED source, the Techno Pack T LED from Karl Storz Industrial Group is a measuring and documentation system for the remote visual inspection market. When used in conjunction...
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG
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SWIR Line-Scan Camera A new 2k shortwave-infrared (SWIR) line-scan camera from Sensors Unlimited Inc. is designed for applications in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). The GL2048R is...
Sensors Unlimited Inc. - A Collins Aerospace Company
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UV Crosslinker A UV crosslinker from Spectronics Corp. enables identification and analysis of trace amounts of DNA and RNA with greater sensitivity, accuracy and speed than conventional analysis. The Select...
Spectronics Corp., Spectroline
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Femtosecond Laser Spectra-Physics has announced the Spirit One, a new femtosecond laser that enables advancement in high-precision applications. With ultrashort <400-fs pulse width, high pulse energy, average...
MKS Spectra-Physics
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Materials Processing Laser The BlueCut fiber laser from Menlo Systems GmbH generates pulses at <400 fs with energies of 10 µJ and up to 10 W average power. The system offers a femtosecond burst mode feature and...
Menlo Systems GmbH
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Industrial Camera The newest Blackfly industrial camera from Point Grey features high-speed triggering and region-of-interest functionality. The BFLY-PGE-23S6 is based on a 2.3-MP Sony IMX249 Pregius...
Teledyne FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions
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Confocal Microscope The LSM 800 from Zeiss is a compact confocal laser-scanning microscope for high-end confocal imaging. The microscope features Airyscan computer-aided phase capabilities. Its gallium...
Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Electron- and Ion-Beam Microscopes
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Laser Diodes ProPhotonix is distributing a new line of laser diodes from Panasonic. The red (661 nm) and IR (783 nm) single-mode, 5.6-mm can-packaged laser diodes are available with output powers of 100 mW...
ProPhotonix Ltd.
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TR-FRET Assay A time-resolved Forster resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET) high-throughput screening assay from BellBrook Labs is designed for use with for UDP-producing enzymes. The device relies on direct...
BellBrook Labs
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Camera, Sensor Calibration The CCS-1000 systems from Labsphere are a series of uniform LED light sources for camera and sensor calibration. Standard sources like illuminant A, B, C, D50, 55, 65, 75, F2 and F12 are set as...
SphereOptics GmbH
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IR Detectors CalSensors’ SCD-B line of photodetectors are optimized to provide the high performance of lead salt detectors while reducing harmful radiation. Sensitive across the mid-infrared spectrum...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Scientific CMOS Camera The Dhyana 400A scientific CMOS camera from Xintu Photonics Co. Ltd. offers a 93-dB dynamic range, a 25 fps frame rate and a readout noise of 1.5 electrons. The camera is suited for ultralow...
Tucsen Photonics Co. Ltd.
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