Jun 12 2013
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The new Flare, a compact, pulsed laser from Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR), provides a superior and cost-effective alternative to older gas lasers and first-generation solid-state lasers for life sciences and instrumentation applications.
The Flare series has three wavelength versions available - near infrared (1064 nm), green (532 nm) and ultraviolet (355 nm). The UV model is ideal for MALDI-TOF applications currently serviced by legacy nitrogen lasers, as well as for many laser microdissection applications. Specifically Flare’s shorter pulsewidth (< 2 ns versus 4 ns for the N2 laser) translates directly into superior time of flight (ToF) resolution. Its higher pulse repetition frequency of 1 kHz (versus <100 Hz for a N2 laser) reduces data acquisition times by an order of magnitude. Moreover, Flare’s sealed industrial package minimizes service requirements, providing superior reliability and reduced cost of ownership.
The Flare series comes to Coherent as a result of its acquisition of Innolight and becomes part of Coherent’s growing family of short-pulse diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers. It is cost and performance-optimized for life sciences and instrumentation applications in terms of its long lifetime, output power and beam quality. For example, the Flare at 355 nm, delivers a TEM00 output mode of M2 <2 and a pulse energy of 30 microjoules.
Founded in 1966, Coherent, Inc. is a world leader in providing photonics based solutions to the commercial and scientific research markets, and is part of the Standard & Poor’s SmallCap 600 Index and the Russell 2000. Please direct any questions regarding this press release to Oliver Haupt, Product Line Manager, at +49 511 760 727 23. For more information about Coherent, including product and financial updates, visit our website at http://www.Coherent.com.