Entries by Antony Mills

High Powered Lasers: A Call for Fiber Delivery

A new feature of the modern high-powered laser is the need to transmit various wavelengths through fiber optics. Fiber optics have emerged as the primary method for transmitting laser light due to its ease of setup and disconnection. Moreover, it safeguards end users from light exposure or eye contact, as the light is conveyed through […]

Tunable Lasers Achieve Black Box Status

For cutting-edge products that require pulse-based tunable lasers, the OPO has developed into a plug-and-play device that can be easily integrated into larger systems. Cutting-edge commercial products often originate within the academic research community. In many cases, professors establish companies themselves and/or investors express interest in licensing technology born in academic laboratories to develop into […]

Tunable Lasers Expand the Possibilities of Time-Resolved Spectroscopy One Nanometer at a Time

Optical parametric oscillators are key to cutting-edge nanosecond time-resolved spectroscopy research In physical chemistry, time-resolved spectroscopy is the study of dynamic processes in materials or chemical compounds. Within this field, various techniques including transient absorption spectroscopy are used to study the mechanistic and kinetic details of chemical processes that occur within just a few picoseconds to a […]

OPO Lasers Put Optical Components to the Test

OPO lasers test optical fibers and components to characterize the spectral response of optical components, which can provide a competitive advantage in the optics industry. Optical parametric oscillator (OPO) lasers have long been utilized in sophisticated test and measurement applications such as mass spectrometry, photoacoustic imaging, and spectroscopy. Now, these “tunable” pulsed lasers are being […]

OPO Lasers Spur Advances in Mass Spectrometry

OPOTEK’s OPO Lasers are compact, affordable, & easily integrated into mass spectrometers for use in clinical settings Mass spectrometry (MS), which is used to identify molecules within a sample by measuring the mass-to-charge ratio of ions, is employed across many fields of study, including biology, chemistry, physics, and clinical medicine. As the technology continues to […]

The Promise of Mobile Photoacoustic Imaging

The flexibility of compact, mobile, photoacoustic imaging equipment on wheels is helping to advance groundbreaking medical research, diagnostics, and treatment Preclinical laboratories at academic facilities and contract research organizations (CROs) have traditionally relied on five main imaging modalities: optical, acoustic, x-ray, MRI, and nuclear. Now, photoacoustic imaging, which combines optical and acoustic modalities, is enabling […]