Lasers for Optogenetics and Neuroscience

Description

A booming multidisciplinary bioengineering technology, optogenetics is the method of utilizing light to control neurons which have been genetically sensitized to light. It is a neuro-modulation technique used in neuroscience to control and monitor the activities of individual neurons in living tissue and to precisely measure the effects of optic and genetic manipulations in real-time. It features the characteristics of high spatial-temporal resolution and cell-type specific. It overcomes the disadvantages of traditional methods of the activity control for the cell and organism, and provides a revolutionary method for the research of neuroscience.

Lasermate Group, Inc. provides diode-pumped solid state (DPSS) lasers with low divergence and high power that are suitable for optogenetics application. The high stability series and multi-wavelength lasers with fiber coupling are suitable for optogenetics and neuroscience. The most commonly wavelengths are 473nm and 589nm, with output power of >100mW, >200mW or greater, TTL/Analog modulation commonly optimized at 20Hz, 2ms, output power adjustable, and fiber coupling.