Spectra-Physics® Unveils Enhanced Widely-Tunable Ultrafast Laser for Multiphoton Imaging

New InSight X3+ Laser Delivers Market-Leading Power with Proven Application for Deep, Live Tissue Imaging

Andover, MA - January 31, 2020 - MKS Instruments, Inc.(NASDAQ: MKSI) introduces its Spectra-Physics® InSight® X3+, the fourth generation of its broadly tunable ultrafast laser platform, delivering industry-leading power, a 50% increase over the previous generation, at bio-imaging wavelengths for brighter and deeper imaging. The new laser is built on the proven InSight laser platform with hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, the largest installed base in the market, and demonstrated high reliability. With its unprecedented capability, InSight X3+ is ideal for advanced multiphoton imaging in neuroscience, optogenetics, immunology and other life and health science research.

"Spectra-Physics InSight is the industry's leading platform for multiphoton imaging, and with its unparalleled performance, the new InSight X3+ further advances our position and offering," said Dave Allen, senior vice president and general manager for Spectra-Physics lasers. "With high peak power at long wavelengths, InSight X3+ enables deep imaging of live tissue to address the important and challenging research questions in neuroscience and other fields."

InSight X3+ provides >3 W output power at 900 nm, >2.7 W at 1000 nm and >2.4 W at 1100nm with ultrashort pulses, exceptional beam quality and integrated dispersion pre-compensation to deliver highest peak powers at the sample. A second synchronized beam with >3.5 W at 1045 nm is available for multimodal and advanced imaging techniques, including second and third-harmonic generation (SHG and THG), dual-wavelength imaging, optogenetics photo-stimulation, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) imaging. InSight X3+ is a fully automated system for seamless wavelength tuning to excite a full range of fluorophores from green fluorescent protein (GFP) to newer far red fluorophores at the longest wavelengths.

The Spectra-Physics InSight X3+ laser will be featured at SPIE BIOS and Photonics West, Moscone Center, San Francisco, February 1-6, 2020. Please visit MKS at booth #8103 at SPIE BIOS and booth #927 at SPIE Photonics West for a demonstration. For more information, please see spectra-physics.com/insight-x3plus.


About MKS Instruments

MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI) enables technologies that transform our world. We deliver foundational technology solutions to leading edge semiconductor manufacturing, advanced electronics and specialty industrial applications. We apply our broad science and engineering capabilities to create instruments, subsystems, systems, process control solutions and specialty chemicals technology that improve process performance, optimize productivity and enable unique innovations for many of the world’s leading technology and industrial companies. Our solutions are critical to addressing the challenges of miniaturization and complexity in advanced device manufacturing by enabling increased power, speed and feature enhancement for optimized connectivity. Our solutions are also critical to addressing ever-increasing performance requirements across a wide array of specialty industrial applications. Additional information can be found at www.mks.com

MKS Photonics Solutions

Spectra-Physics, Ophir and Newport are brands within the MKS Instruments Photonics Solutions division. We provide a full range of solutions including lasers, beam measurement and profiling, precision motion control, vibration isolation systems, photonics instruments, temperature sensing, opto-mechanical components and optical elements.

About the Spectra-Physics Brand

Spectra-Physics is a brand within the MKS Instruments Photonics Solutions Division. The Spectra-Physics product portfolio consists of a broad spectrum of lasers for precision industrial and scientific research applications. Spectra-Physics products combine groundbreaking laser technologies with deep applications expertise to deliver disruptive performance and lower total cost of ownership. From the manufacturing floor and semiconductor fab to the research laboratory, Spectra-Physics lasers enhance our customers’ capabilities and productivity in the semiconductor, industrial technologies, life and health sciences, and research markets. For more information, visit www.spectra-physics.com

Company Contacts

Scott White
Sr. Director of Product Marketing
Spectra-Physics
Tel: +1 408-980-4397
Email: scott.whitesp@mksinst.com

Helen Chan
Marketing Communications Manager
Spectra-Physics
Tel: +1 408-980-5883
Email: helen.chan@mksinst.com