Chromacity introduces 520nm ultrafast laser

28 Jan 2019

Chromacity, a provider of ultrafast laser systems, today announced the introduction of the Chromacity 520, a 520nm addition to its family of air-cooled ytterbium fibre-based lasers that combine high power with ultrashort pulse durations.

The Chromacity 520 provides a fixed 520nm output at a power of 500mW – 1W and is essentially a frequency-doubled version of the company’s flagship 1040nm laser, the Chromacity 1040.  The Chromacity 520 also provides the option to deliver dual output at 520/1040nm from a single unit. Like the 1040 product, the Chromacity 520 is more compact, easier to use and provides better reliability than legacy laser technologies.

With applications in life sciences, materials science, fundamental research and beyond, the Chromacity 520 is suitable for integration into microscopy solutions, as well as a wide range of industrial systems.

As scientists seek to experiment at even deeper tissue levels, there is growing need for laser sources that operate in the visible spectrum. This could be for the development of nanoparticles technologies, where some materials have significantly stronger absorption characteristics within this visible region, or in photodynamic therapy and multi-photon imaging, where the high energies associated with UV light can break down DNA and restrict cancer growth.

As the absorption characteristic of many materials like gold, copper and plastics are significantly higher at 520nm, the Chromacity 520 can also deliver benefits within the micromachining sector, for techniques such as 2-photon polymerization and 3D printing.

For the academic community that researches non-linear dynamics, the short pulse durations and high peak powers of the Chromacity 520 can help generate the next developments in OPO pumping, 4-wave mixing, amplifier seeding, THz generation and other non-linear processes.

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