Lasers - Videos

Manipulating 5 Micron Spheres Using E3100 Optical Tweezer

This video shows the illustration of manipulating 5 µm spheres using an E3100 Optical Tweezer from Elliot Scientific.

SETI Seminar: Laser Plasma Spectroscopy from Applied Spectra

This video from Applied Spectra shows the weekly SETI seminar series, wherein Dr. Richard Russo is presenting a general overview of the underlying mechanisms for laser ablation, characteristics of LA-ICP-MS and LIBS, etc.

Optoinjection of HL60 using E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System - 2

This video, shot at 2X speed, shows the 3D optical trapping of HL60 (human leukaemia) cells using an E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System from Elliot Scientific.

Photonex - The UK's Premiere Event for Photonics

Photonex is the UK's premiere event for photonics. It covers almost all industries you can imagine that involve light, from science to industry and the products and technologies on show will no doubt impact everyone from academia to consumers. Attendees come from all over the UK as well as from overseas.

Fiberoptics Fundamentals | MIT Understanding Lasers and Fiberoptics

MIT lecture on the fundamentals of lasers as applied to fiber optics.

Airborne Laser from Boeing Company

It's the largest laser beam in the world and it's being built in the Bay Area. The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will shoot tremendous bursts of energy at an area the size of a pencil eraser. The goal? To recreate fusion -- which powers the sun and some nuclear bombs -- perhaps harnessing a new source of clean energy for the 21st century.

Researchers Made a Surprising Laser Discovery

Princeton University researchers made a surprising discovery when a new laser was found during experimenting.

5x5 Array of Polymer Beads Using E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System

This video, shot at 2x speed, shows the stable trapping of a 5x5 array of 2µm polymer micro-spheres, demonstrating expansion, contraction, and rotation of the bead array.

3x3 Array of Polymer Beads Using E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System

This video, shot at 2x speed, shows 3x3 trapping of 2µm polymer beads, demonstrating expansion, contraction, and rotation of the bead array.

Basics of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy from Applied Spectra

This video shows how the process of Laser-Induced breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) works. Jong Yoo, PhD from Applied Spectra provides an overview of LIBS.

Optoinjection of HL60 Using E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System - 1

This video, shot at 1x speed, shows the optoinjection of HL60 (human leukaemia) cells using an E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System from Elliot Scientific.

Imaging of Methane Gas with Firefly-IR Laser System

This video from St. Andrews University in Scotland, M Squared Lasers and Elliot Scientific shows a mid-IR image of methane gas captured using a Firefly-IR laser system.

LIFE: Laser Initial Fusion Energy System

Ed Moses, principal associate director of the National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, discusses current laser inertial fusion energy technology and its potential to scale up to nationwide energy production in the next 10 years.

3x3 Array of Red Blood Cells Using E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System

This video shows a trapped 3x3 array of human red blood cells (RBCs) to demonstrate contraction, expansion, and synchronized cell rotation obtained by combining two 3x3 arrays.

JK Lasers Create an Independence Day Message Using Their 400W Fiber Laser

To celebrate Independence Day, JK Lasers ablated a special message using a 400W single mode, continuous wave fiber laser.

Pre-Pulse Technology for EUV Lithography by Cymer

Pre-Pulse, Cymer’s efficient and advanced pulse operation, has enabled the company to meet the high-volume manufacturing (HVM) needs of the semiconductor industry.

Laser fusion gets HiPERactive

Mike Dunne, director of the European High Power Laser Energy Research (HiPER) project, describes the technological hurdles that need to be overcome in order for scientists to transform laser-driven fusion into a real-world power source.

3D Trapping of Algae Using Elliot Scientific Optical Tweezer System

This video, shot at 2x speed, shows a trapped 3x3 array of Trachydiscus minutus (algae) to demonstrate expansion, contraction, and rotation of the cell array.

Adhesion of HEK Cells Using E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System

This video, shot at 2x speed, shows the adhesion of human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells using an E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System from Elliot Scientific.

Manipulation of Microspheres Using Elliot Scientific Optical Tweezer System

This real-time video shows the manipulation of microspheres using Elliot Scientific optical tweezer system. High speed and accuracy of the optical tweezer system is demonstrated in this video.

World's Most Powerful Lasers

Wired Science heads to the National Ignition Facility, where an enormous 192-beam laser bay may become capable of fusing hydrogen atoms into helium - creating an endless, clean source of energy.

Elliot Scientific Exhibited at Photonex 2009

This video shows the demonstration of products such as optics and lasers, mechanics, cryogenics, telecom, magnetic, positioners and aligners and datacom components by Elliot Scientific at October’s Photonex 2009 Exhibition in Stoneleigh, near Coventry.

Red Blood Cell Stretch Using E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System

This video shows the stretching of an RBC (red blood cell) using an E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System from Elliot Scientific. Video was recorded at 2x speed.

Red Blood Cell Flip Using E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System

This video shows the stretching and flipping of a red blood cell (RBC) using an E3500 AOD Optical Tweezer System from Elliot Scientific.

Laser-Induced Cell Wounding in Drosophila Embryo

This video shows the laser-induced cell wounding in a Drosophila embryo. The images were acquired in real time using Andor Technology’s MicroPoint Laser System.

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