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Oxxius launches the smallest yellow laser on the market

24/01/2006

Single-frequency, 561-nm DPSS laser to be introduced at the Photonics West exhibition in San Jose (January 24-26, Booth #1847)

Lannion (France), January 24, 2006. Oxxius, manufacturer of disruptive lasers, expands its portfolio of ultra-compact laser modules with the SLIM-561, a continuous-wave Diode-Pumped Solid-State (DPSS) yellow laser operating at the wavelength of 561nm.
A best-in-class newcomer
The SLIM-561 is a state-of-the-art laser module that offers power levels up to 25 mW while combining outstanding optical quality and spectral purity.
It is ideally suited for fluorescence applications and meets the ever growing needs of the biophotonics industry, in particular for cell counting and sorting or advanced microscopy applications.
The SLIM-561 is a perfect replacement for legacy gas laser technologies, offering a sharply reduced footprint and cost-of-ownership. Its single-frequency emission ensures low noise and high power stability, setting a new performance standard.

SLIM platform: 3 product lines and growing…
The SLIM-561 is the latest Oxxius product based on the SLIM platform. It leverages the Alignment-free Monolithic Resonator (AMR) technology which delivers performance levels unmatched in the market. Already available SLIM-series lasers are the blue SLIM-473 and the green SLIM-532, which have been adopted for a variety of applications including flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and surface inspection using interferometry techniques.
The addition of a third wavelength in half a year comes as a definite proof of the SLIM platform’s versatility. Oxxius is set on expanding further this product family by introducing new wavelengths, and increasing available power levels.

About Oxxius
Oxxius is an early-stage company focused on developing innovative solid-state laser solutions for industrial and scientific applications.
The Oxxius product line features compact laser modules with wavelengths in the visible and near-ultraviolet spectrum. Based on a patented miniaturized architecture, they combine outstanding optical performance with low-cost volume production. The lasers are used in biophotonics, spectroscopy, metrology and other instrumentation applications. Among Oxxius customers are multinational corporations, start-up companies and academic institutions.
Oxxius is headquartered in Lannion, France, a major cluster for R&D in optics, and has a branch office in Germany. The company is funded by VC firm Sofinnova Partners (Paris, France).