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Thorlabs, Inc.
Company Description
Thorlabs designs, develops, and manufactures building blocks for the Photonics industry, including optomechanics, motion control electronics, nanopositioning stages, fiber and optical components, laser diodes, tunable lasers, and vibration isolation systems. Headquartered in Newton, NJ, our portfolio includes system-level solutions, including complete OCT, multiphoton, confocal, and adaptive optics systems.
Contact Information
 435 Rt 206
Newton,NJ
United States
Press Releases
| ScienceDesks: Premium Vibration Isolation Workstations
Thorlabs, an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of optical tables and workstations, is pleased to announce the release of its second generation of ScienceDesksTM, ergonomic vibration isolation workstation frames and accessories. The update to the product line includes improvements to the construction and performance of the workstation frame as well as an expanded and redesigned selection of accessories. By streamlining its in-house manufacturing processes, Thorlabs is able to offer these ScienceDesk frames at a reduced cost. Together, these improvements provide a workstation that offers premium quality and performance at an industry-leading value.
The ScienceDesk line of vibration isolation frames and accessories is ideally suited for research and manufacturing applications that require an ergonomic workstation where the user can sit or stand while working. The flexible accessory mounting system integrated into each ScienceDesk workstation frame ensures that equipment can be mounted above, below, and to the side of the isolated optical breadboard surface with ease so that the workspace efficiency of the station and the comfort of the user can be maximized. Already extremely popular in vibration-sensitive microscopy applications such as high resolution microscopy, confocal microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, and electrophysiology, workstations are increasingly being used in classroom laboratories, industrial manufacturing and testing applications, and research laboratories because the ergonomic principles behind the ScienceDesk design offer advantages to the user independent of the application.
ScienceDesk workstation frames come in four sizes with working surfaces ranging from 2 x 3 to 3 x 4. The work surface, which is available with or without tapped holes (imperial or metric), is inset into the frame to protect it from incidental contact. Frames can be purchased with or without vibration isolators. The available pneumatic isolators consist of two passive choices that do not require a constant supply of pressurized gas and one self-leveling active isolator choice. A large range of accessories can then be added to the base configuration of a breadboard and frame, thereby enabling the user to build a truly individualized 3D work space environment. Shelving options are available that allow the user to place instrumentation above, below, or around the isolated work surface. Unlike other systems that have fixed wrap-around shelving solutions that result in a claustrophobic and dim working environment, our modular accessory system lets shelves be added or removed at will so that they are only placed where needed and can conform to changing requirements. This leads to a more open and comfortable working environment. In addition to shelving, we also offer a monitor mount, a keyboard holder, a wrist rest, casters, and extra mounting posts that are compatible with products from our optomechanics line. All frames and components are stocked for immediate delivery.
Thorlabs is an innovative international company dedicated to serving the research and industrial communities by designing and manufacturing photonics equipment. Founded in 1989, Thorlabs continues to expand its integrated product portfolio, which includes optomechanical, motion control, vibration isolation, optical, fiber, light analysis, laser, SLD, optical amplifier, and imaging components and systems. Please visit www.thorlabs.com for more information. |
| Spectral Radar OCT System Exceeds 100 kHz Scan Rate
Thorlabs is pleased to announce the demonstration of a Spectral Radar Optical Coherence Tomography (SROCT) Imaging System with a scan rate in excess of 110 kHz at BIOS 2009 Booth 8427 and PW 2009 Booth 1126. This system is capable of generating over 110 frames per second at 1024 lines per frame. This system will become the fastest commercially available system on the market and is indicative of the commitment Thorlabs has made to removing the technological barriers that prevent the widespread use of OCT for biological, industrial, and medical imaging applications.
By capturing over 110 fps, this new system enables researchers to image high speed processes that were previously too rapid to be studied with other OCT imaging systems. The fully operational system on display will be available for use to image user supplied samples. The system operates at 840? nm wavelength, which provides an imaging depth of a few millimeters in many biological samples. In addition, the system can combine a series of cross sectional images to rapidly create a 3D image of the sample. With the increased scan rate, a 3D image can be created in less than 2.5 seconds.
To provide off-the-shelf solutions for any application, Thorlabs continues to expand its line of OCT systems, which offer various imaging wavelengths, speeds, and sensitivities. Thorlabs will have five additional OCT imaging systems on display at BIOS 2009 (Booth 8427) and PW 2009 (Booth 1126) as well as engineers and industry experts available to discuss the potential for using a Thorlabs imaging system in your application. The OCT imaging systems that will be on display are a Nikon FN1 microscope with a 1325 nm OCT module (also available for Olympus BX41 microscopes), a high speed 1325 nm swept source OCT system, a polarization sensitive OCT system, a 1050 nm swept source OCT system, and a 930 nm spectral radar OCT system.
In addition to the OCT systems, Thorlabs ASOM (Adaptive Scanning Optical Microscope) and a multiphoton imaging system will be available for live demonstration. The ASOM imaging system utilizes a deformable mirror that allows the creation of high resolution (1.5 m) images with a very large field-of-view (? mm). While the multiphoton imaging system can produce high resolution 3D images of thick biological specimens labeled with fluorescent dyes. The system on display will use the Octavius-1G, an ultra short (<6 fs) pulsed Ti:Sapphire oscillator with a 1 GHz repetition rate built by MenloSystems Inc.
About Thorlabs,
Thorlabs is a leading designer and manufacturer of photonics equipment and advanced imaging systems for research, manufacturing, and biomedical applications. Founded in 1989, Thorlabs is headquartered in Newton, New Jersey with over 500 employees at manufacturing and design centers as well as sales offices located throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, Japan, and China. For more information, visit www.thorlabs.com. |
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