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BioPhotonics - April 2013


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Various Factors Influence Growth of Ophthalmic Lasers Economy and aging population affect adoption and success of laser-based techniques. Lasers are helping to advance a range of ophthalmic applications. At the same time, ophthalmology is proving an...
Plasmonic Nanobubbles Speed Detection and Destruction of Cancer New theranostic platform can find and kill specific cancer cells while sparing normal cells. Some cancers are nearly impossible to remove without damaging important healthy organs. When such cancers...
MicroLEDs Enabling New Generation of Fluorescence Instruments New light sources can be tailored with respect to emitter design, emission profile, beam shape and power consumption, offering significant benefit for the development of new fluorescence and life...
Fiber Lasers at the Cutting Edge of Surgery As the cost:performance ratio continues to improve, a broader range of surgical applications is opening up. Compact, lightweight and reliable, fiber lasers are taking more and more surgical...
Editorial
Surgical Lasers: A Cut Above The first medical use of a laser occurred in 1961 – little more than a year after the ruby laser was demonstrated for the first time – when Dr. Charles J. Campbell of the Institute of Ophthalmology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and Charles J. Koester of American Optical Co. used an American Optical ruby laser to destroy a retinal tumor in a human patient. Since then, the...
BioScan
Implanted fibers stop seizures Optical fibers implanted in the brain can activate light-sensitive proteins that stop epileptic seizures as they are detected. The technique, developed at the University of California, Irvine, could help the more than 3 million Americans who suffer from epilepsy, a recurrent spontaneous seizure condition. “In the US alone, nearly 500 new cases of epilepsy are diagnosed every...
Living cells probed without harm Exploring the dynamics of living cells without harming them – the holy grail of biological research – just got easier with a new class of light-emitting probes small enough to be injected...
Nanolens scope combines surface chemistry, computational imaging A new optical microscopy platform uses tiny self-assembling liquid lenses and a simple LED light source to view viruses such as influenza. The portable, cost-effective platform was developed at...
Laser device images, tracks cells, dye-free Without contrast dyes or fluorophores, a new device can image and track living cells’ reactions to various stimuli and create 3-D images of biological tissue at the nanoscale in just minutes....
Laser trapping faux atoms creates “super MRI” method A new technique, similar to the MRI but with a much higher resolution and sensitivity, uses artificial atoms to scan individual cells. The findings could revolutionize the field of medical imaging....
Laser system builds microstructures for living cells The behavior of cells strongly depends on their environment, and now a laser system being developed in Austria could create microstructures for embedding living cells in suitable surroundings for...
Gold nanoparticles boost QD glow A DNA template that controls the distance between gold nanoparticles and quantum dots can predictably increase or decrease the intensity of a quantum dot’s fluorescence. The breakthrough could...
Microimplant controls nerve cells with a laser A microimplant that can genetically modify specific nerve cells, control them with light and measure their activity simultaneously could pave the way for completely new experiments in neurobiology. ...
Laser technique unravels spider silk’s mysteries A noninvasive, noncontact laser light scattering technique may be the key to unraveling the secret behind spider silk’s strength. “Spider silk has a unique combination of mechanical...
RapidScan
Laser Munich to focus on biophotonics Laser surgery, optical techniques for diagnosis and photonics-based treatments will be featured when the bi- ennial Laser World of Photonics and the accompanying World of Photonics Congress are held this spring. The technical conference will welcome visitors to the International Congress Center München May 12-16, and the exhibition will be held May 13-16 in the adjacent Messe München...
VRmagic GmbH VRmagic GmbH of Mannheim, Germany, is celebrating 10 years of developing, manufacturing and selling cameras and image processing components for industrial and scientific applications. The company...
CVI Melles Griot CVI Melles Griot will now operate as two companies, CVI Laser Optics and Melles Griot, the Idex Optics & Photonics (IOP) platform announced. Idex acquired CVI Melles Griot for $400 million in...
Power Technology Inc. Power Technology Inc. of Little Rock, Ark., has acquired diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser manufacturer Klastech GmbH of Dortmund, Germany. Klastech DPSS lasers are based on patented intracavity...
Biolase Inc. Dental laser manufacturer Biolase Inc. of Irvine, Calif., has appointed two key senior managers to strengthen its operations and promote its core dental product franchise. Dr. Samir Chowdhury, who...
Gooch & Housego Gooch & Housego of Ilminster, England, has signed a three-year contract to supply acousto-optic Q-switches to Han’s Laser of Shenzhen, China. Under the deal, the conduction-cooled devices...
Iridex Corp. Iridex Corp.’s revenues in the fourth quarter of 2012 were stronger than expected, driven by a healthy uptick in laser system sales. Located in Mountain View, Calif., the laser-based medical...
Daylight Solutions Chris Armacost, director of scientific sales at Daylight Solutions, died on Jan. 21 after a brief battle with cancer. “Chris has been an important and contributing member of the photonics...
B&W Tek Inc. Dr. Katherine Bakeev is the new director of analytical services and support at optical spectroscopy and laser systems company B&W Tek Inc. of Newark, Del. She will be responsible for creating and...
nLight Corp. nLight Corp. of Vancouver, Wash., has appointed Dahv Kliner as director of fiber laser product development. Kliner has more than 15 years of experience in high-power fiber lasers and has developed...
Block Engineering Block Engineering of Marlborough, Mass., has partnered with New York-based Pfizer Inc. to develop a quantum cascade laser (QCL)-based infrared spectroscopy system for noncontact cleaning verification...
Postscripts
Monitoring ‘monkey’ molars How do you study chimp tooth development in the wild without disturbing the chimpanzees’ behavior? It may not be an age-old anthropological question, but it’s important nonetheless. Understanding dental development in chimps, our closest genetic relatives, could shed light on the evolution of human development. Harvard University researchers teamed up with wildlife photographers to...
Products
Infrared Temperature Sensors The OS-Mini series infrared pyrometers from Omega Engineering Inc. have a sensing head measuring 18 × 45 mm, enabling mounting in tight spaces. A high ambient version withstands temperatures of up to 180 °C without water or air cooling. Manufactured from 316 stainless steel and sealed to IP65, the mini sensing head is suitable for food and pharmaceutical applications. A wide...
OMEGA Engineering Inc.
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Swept Light Source for OCT A light source from AMS Technologies AG uses a high-speed KTN light deflector and high-speed wavelength swept variable laser technology, both developed by NTT for use in telecommunications. The...
AMS Technologies AG
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Optical Tweezers System JPK Instruments has launched the NanoTracker 2 optical tweezers system for quantitative measurements. Biologists and chemists need a ready-to-use system with the familiarity of a platform of a...
Bruker Nano GmbH, JPK BioAFM
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Single-Mode Laser Diode A 1550-nm fiber-coupled laser diode with a 50-kHz linewidth and output power of 100 mW with fiber Bragg grating stabilization has been unveiled by Frankfurt Laser Co. It is supplied in a...
Frankfurt Laser Company
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Transmission Electron Microscope FEI Co. has unveiled its Tecnai Arctica transmission electron microscope (TEM) for structural biology research. It incorporates sophisticated automation to elucidate the 3-D structure of biological...
FEI Life Sciences (acquired by Thermo Fisher)
Pre-Mounted Fluorescence Filter Cubes Edmund Optics’ TechSpec pre-mounted fluorescence filter cubes easily integrate into Olympus and Nikon microscopes for use in life sciences applications. Pre-mounting ensures proper...
Edmund Optics
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Smart Controller for Laser-Driven Light Sources Energetiq Technology is introducing a smart controller for its laser-driven light sources (LDLS) at Photonics West 2013. Developed for the EQ-99 series LDLS, the EQ-99 Manager enhances...
Energetiq Technology Inc.
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Metallized Sapphire Windows Guild Optical Associates has found a way for metallized endoscopic optics to better withstand harsh sterilization techniques. For years, metallized sapphire windows stayed the same while autoclave...
Guild Optical Associates Inc.
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Dichroic and Polychroic Thin-Film Filters Ultraflat dichroic and polychroic thin-film filters that feature flatness of <0.1 wave rms and transmission of >95% have been launched by Alluxa. They achieve flatness by eliminating the...
Alluxa
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