Highlights

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Lasers & Sources

Ultrafast fiber laser offers 1000–1100 nm spectral bandwidth

The VALO Tidal ultrafast fiber laser delivers pulse durations of 40 fs (typical) with 2 W output power.
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Bio&Life Sciences

PRM-SRS microscopy platform distinguishes specific lipid types

May 7, 2024
A Raman microscopy-based imaging approach could crack the long-elusive code of lipids, their subtypes, and the key roles they play in human health, aging, and disease.
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FIGURE 1. The researchers use LUMO, a wearable, portable, high-density functional NIR imaging device equipped with modular tiles with built-in NIR light sources and detectors.
Bio&Life Sciences

Using near-infrared spectroscopy to help unravel the mysteries of dementia

Sept. 29, 2023
New work by a U.K. team demonstrates a new technique that enables a more detailed view of brain function, which could lead to more accurate and earlier diagnosis of diseases that...
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Scientists Graham Fleming (left) and Quanwei Li in the lab with their quantum light spectroscopy setup.
Test & Measurement

A single photon initiates photosynthesis

June 30, 2023
Quantum light spectroscopy, a new tool under development, reveals quantum dynamics at play during photosynthesis.
Craic Technologies
Test & Measurement

Microspectrophotometer offers 2.0 nm spectral resolution

May 8, 2023
The 2030PV PRO microspectrophotometer combines high-resolution optics and advanced software algorithms to allow quick, accurate measurements of the spectral properties of microscopic...

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A miniaturized, wearable sensor reads blood glucose levels quickly and noninvasively using miniature laser diodes.
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Wearable device promises easier glucose monitoring

March 3, 2023
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Fluorescence

HORIBA Scientific presents 2020 Young Fluorescence Investigator Award

April 2, 2020
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Microscopy

Label-free multimodal imaging system distinguishes between cell types

Nov. 21, 2019
The label-free multimodal imaging platform enables the study of cell cultures noninvasively without the need of any contrast agent.
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Spectroscopy

Spectroscopic imaging technique enables high-speed, label-free living cell study

Sept. 17, 2019
For the spectroscopic imaging experiments, Kano's research group used a spectroscopy CCD camera with super-deep-depletion CCD to yield high near-infrared quantum efficiency.
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Spectroscopy

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy method could improve neuroimaging

Sept. 11, 2019
The functional near-infrared spectroscopy technology is noninvasive and relatively inexpensive for use in neuroimaging.