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    • John Abbott

    Director of LMC Sales, Coherent

    John Abbott is Director of LMC Sales at Coherent (Santa Clara, CA).

    FIGURE 1. In a flow cytometer, fluorescently labeled cells pass single-file in a flow stream and are illuminated by several different laser wavelengths. The resulting fluorescence is detected after separation into different wavelength bands.
    Lasers & Sources

    Laser engines improve life sciences applications

    John Abbott
    Aug. 18, 2022
    Multiwavelength laser engines, which combine laser sources with pre-aligned and stabilized free-space focusing optics or integrated fiber delivery systems, simplify alignment ...
    FIGURE 1. In flow cytometry, cells flow past multiple focused laser beams that are usually arranged as a sequence of elliptical foci; the use of multiple wavelengths enables cells to be assigned by a larger number of sort criteria.
    Lasers & Sources

    Visible Semiconductor Lasers: Standardized multilaser modules enable comprehensive data sets in life sciences

    John Abbott
    Aug. 11, 2017
    Application-specific optically pumped semiconductor laser modules incorporate source, optics, and electronics for simple access to multiwavelength laser excitation.