Where to Buy Lasers for Microscopy

The modern fluorescence microscopy field encompasses a wide range of techniques requiring various wavelengths, power levels, modulation capabilities, beam quality, and spectral characteristics. To achieve multi-color imaging, most setups utilize multiple lasers combined through optical elements or fibers, offering flexibility but requiring alignment and maintenance. At HÜBNER Photonics we accommodate these needs by offering 3 versatile solutions:

• Our C-FLEX platform can integrate up to 8 lasers into a laser combiner, ensuring flexibility and user-friendliness.
• The C-WAVE laser offers a wide tunable range, covering most of the visible and near IR spectrum, facilitating access to exotic fluorophores.
• The Cobolt Skyra is a compact, permanently aligned, multi-line laser that simplifies multi-color excitation integration in microscopy equipment, reducing manufacturing costs and allowing for more compact designs.

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There are various methods for optical microscopy that utilize different light sources. For some microscopy techniques a simple white light source is sufficient, whereas more sophisticated methods require lasers as light source. Those can be single-mode diode lasers or multi-laser engines that deliver a continuous laser beam at one or several colors, some techniques rely on short laser pulses with femtosecond duration that can be provided by TOPTICA's ultrafast fiber lasers.

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Integrated Optics is the company that offers purpose-built CW lasers for microscopy, whether it is Raman or fluorescence microscopy. A MatchBox laser is a perfect choice both for industrial and scientific end users in need of precise light source for effective excitation of specimen and feature spectrally-stabilized configurations that can be made with clean-up filters – perfect for Raman spectroscopy. MatchBox lasers come in various configurations considering the output type, wavelength selection, MM/SM and PM-fiber output and has a compact size for your convenience. So everyone can find what they need. It also can be made to have up to 4 different diode wavelengths, so you wouldn’t need to change the light source when you change the fluorophores. All of this is offered with this record-small footprint of 30 × 50 × 18 mm.