September 26, 2014
The installation of the two-photon laser scanning microscope (MOM) from Sutter Instruments and laser µFAB Microfabrication Workstation from Newport Co have been successfully completed. Ultrafast, high-pulse-energy solid state IR laser designated for AREAL facility was used to operate both microscope and microfabrication stations. The high-repetition rate pulses from the laser oscillator are used for operation of the MOM microscope, while the high-energy pulses from the output of the amplifier are used for the microfabrication station.
As a test of operation condition of the microscope, the fluorescence images from the specimen of Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells labeled with Invitrogen BODIPY FL were taken.
The successful operation of the µFAB station was demonstrated by laser ablation of a simple pattern on a silicon wafer.
