15 Oct 2012 Cobolt AB, Swedish manufacturer of high performance DPSS lasers, announces the release of a higher power model of the Cobolt Zouk™ 355nm on the ground breaking single-frequency 05-01 Series platform.
The laser is now available with up to 20 mW CW output power and is perfectly suited to demanding analytical instrumentation applications, such as fluorescence analysis with e.g Hoecht Blue Indo-1 or DAPI for DNA content analysis or calcium imaging in flow cytometry and confocal TIRF microscopy, as well as Raman spectroscopy on semiconductors.
The Cobolt Zouk™ 05-01 is a continuous-wave (CW) single-frequency DPSS laser operating at 355 nm in a perfect quality TEM00 beam (M2<1.1) and with 10 or 20 mW output power. A proprietary laser cavity design provides ultra-low noise performance of typically <0.2% rms (over 20 Hz-20MHz and over 10-40ºC), a narrow
spectral linewidth of <1MHz and immunity to optical feedback. The laser is available with 10 or 20mW output power and is perfectly suited to applications such as fluorescence analysis with e.g Hoecht Blue Indo-1 or DAPI for DNA content analysis or calcium imaging in flow cytometry and confocal TIRF microscopy, as well as Raman spectroscopy on semiconductors.
The laser is manufactured using Cobolt’s proprietary HTCure™ Technology in a compact and hermetically sealed package, which provides a very high level of immunity to varying environmental conditions and exceptional reliability. Lasers built using the HTCure™ Technology have shown to withstand multiple 60G mechanical shocks in operation without any sign of degraded performance. They can be exposed to extreme temperatures (>100ºC), and are insensitive to pressure and humidity.
A compact controller (CDRH or OEM) is supplied with the laser and can be remotely accessed for operation and monitoring of the laser system using RS-232 or USB interfaces. Available on the same platform is also the Cobolt Jive™ with up to 0.5W CW at 561nm, the Cobolt Samba™ with up to 1.5W CW at 532nm, the Cobolt Flamenco™ with up to 0.5W CW at 660 nm and the Cobolt Rumba™ with up to 3W CW at 1064nm. | 
