Microscopy & Imaging

Choose from a full range of scanning and imaging lasers for confocal microscopy, as well as super-resolution methods like STED and PALM/STORM.

Superior Beam Quality Get tighter focus and sharper images with reduced background.
More Options Excite any fluorophore at the optimum wavelength.
Fiber Delivery Combine multiple plug-and-play wavelengths.

Laser Illumination

Laser-excited fluorescence underpins many microscope methods, particularly confocal microscopy. Today, there are many variations of confocal, often targeted at increasing speed in order to follow metabolic or neurological processes in real-time. And there are now several super-resolution methods like STED and PALM/STORM that go well past the diffraction limit. But whether you need lower power and high beam quality for confocal or multi-watts of variable power for superresolution, or just a laser source for wide-field excitation, no one offers a better range of performance and cost options for microscopy use than Coherent.

Microscopy & Imaging Products

Sapphire

Sapphire CW lasers provide industry-leading beam quality, reliability, and stability with up to 500 mW of low-noise output for OEMs and end-users.

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OBIS LS/LX

OBIS LS/LX are the original compact smart lasers, offering plug-and-play simplicity with over 30 wavelengths from the UV to near-IR plus optional fiber delivery.

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Galaxy Multi-Wavelength Laser Engine

Up to 8 lasers into a fiber output. Modular and flexible.

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Genesis

With wavelengths from 355 to 1154 nm and power from 100 mW to 10 W, these lasers support diverse applications: life sciences, medical, FPDs, interferometry/holography.

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Illuminating Microscopy

Coherent CellX is a universal light engine — now with fiber delivery system — engineered for microscopy.

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Success Story

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

“The innovative service contract means that the only downtime is literally the time to ship a replacement laser to my lab.”

— Mark Miller, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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Coherent

OPSL Advantages - Wavelength Flexibility White Paper

The Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser (OPSL) technology offers numerous advantages over other types of CW lasers, including wavelength flexibility. In particular, an OPSL can be designed to match the wavelength requirements of the application, which represents a paradigm shift over legacy technologies.

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Coherent

OPSL Advantages - Invariant Beam Properties White Paper

The main technology choices for CW visible and near IR laser sources include DPSS lasers and OPSLs.

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Coherent

OPSL Advantages - No Mode Noise ("Green Noise") White Paper

The optically pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) is a unique, patented technology that provides lower intrinsic noise than other continuous wave (CW) solid state lasers having UV or visible output, and is the only way to achieve true-CW output at 355 nm in a simple, cost-effective platform.

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OPSL Advantages - Superior Reliability White Paper

The optically pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) is a unique, patented technology that provides superior reliability and longevity compared to other continuous wave (CW) solid state lasers. Together with other OPSL advantages, this reliability is confirmed by an installed base approaching 100,000 lasers in diverse and demanding applications from life sciences to light shows.

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