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June 26, 2014

New picosecond pulsed diode laser at 560 nm

The yellow laser opens the door for new applications in Life and Material Sciences

LDH-D-TA-560PicoQuant GmbH announces the release of the long-awaited 560 nm picosecond pulsed diode laser head. The availability of this new wavelength opens the door for entirely new applications in bioanalytics, biochemistry, genetics, semiconductor characterisation, and quality control.

The 560 nm laser is ideal for exciting fluorescent proteins like mCherry, RFP, or DsRed, and fluorescent dyes such as CY3 or Atto565. With a pulse duration as short as 80 ps, the pulsed laser head perfectly matches the time resolution of mainstream detectors, yet at a price much lower than that of commonly used solid state lasers. The laser head supports picosecond pulsed as well as continuous-wave operation.

Visitors of the Photonics West exhibition in San Francisco in January 2014 already had the chance to see the laser head as a technology preview at PicoQuant's booth. With the official release of the new model, the PicoQuant diode laser family “LDH Series” now covers the entire wavelength range from 375 nm to 1990 nm. All laser heads come with collimator optics that can optionally be fitted with optical fibers. The new 560 nm laser head is compatible with PicoQuant's family of diode laser drivers “PDL Series”.

Technical Data: LDH-D-TA-560

  • Center Wavelength 561 nm ± 3 nm
  • Repetition rate from single shot to 80 MHz
  • Pulse width < 80 ps (FWHM) at average power 0.2 mW at 40 MHz repetition rate
  • Average output power in continuous-wave mode: 5 mW

For more details see the product website: LDH Series

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