New ultra short pulse laser diode driver

As first member of the series the iC-HSB enables laser diode supply up to 15V and makes applications accessible in the blue, green and especially in the UV spectral region.

The iC-HSB is designed for precise laser diode driving in gain switching mode, in which ultra-short laser pulses in the picosecond range are generated. The underlying parameters, current up to 600mA and pulse width starting at 100ps, can be adjusted in fine increments. This offers maximum flexibility, for example when optimising fluorescence based applications in immune analytics, laboratory diagnostics, and medical technology.

While recent models of the iC-HS product family, the iC-HS02 and iC-HS05, primarily were designed for laser diodes in the red and infrared spectral region, the new iC-HSB offers access to applications with high-energy, short wavelength laser diodes. This is of special interest in fluorescence based analytical methods, in which specific fluorophores have to be excited selectively. The iC-HSB enables, amongst others, excitation and detection of fluorophores like derivatives of GFP and 5-TAMRA, which play an important role in the marking of biomolecules like gene probes, antibodies, or proteins. Short and intense laser pulses for excitation yield particularly high temporal resolution and sensitivity in detection.

Additional benefits are the comfortable serial programming interface and the compact package. Easy integration and automatable device programming simplify the development process and the automation during the assembly in the production workflow. Furthermore, the space saving design facilitates the miniaturisation of modern analytical devices – down to mobile point-of-care testing systems.

With the iC-HSB iC-Haus sets new boundaries for the powerful, precise and flexible operating of laser diodes in the UV spectral region.