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Early Tests Find Nanoshell Therapy Effective Against Brain Cancer
Rice University bioengineers and physician-scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have successfully destroyed tumors of human brain cancer cells in the first animal tests of a minimally invasive treatment that zaps glioma tumors with heat. The tests involved nanoshells, light-activated nanoparticles that are designed to destroy tumors with heat and avoid the unwanted side effects of drug and radiation therapies. The investigators published the results of their study in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology. read more

Trapping nanoshells using Trestles CW - continuum wave tunable Ti:Sapphire laser from Del Mar Photonics

 
Brooke Hester is a PhD student working in the Optical Tweezers Lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In this video she tells about trapping polystyrene spheres and nanoshells using Trestles CW - continuum wave tunable Ti:Sapphire laser from Del Mar Photonics.

Nanoshells for those experiments were provided by Naomi Halas.
Gold nanoshells were invented in the mid-1990s by Naomi Halas. Dr. Halas is the co-principal investigator of the Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnership at Rice, one of 12 funded by the National Cancer Institute. Nanoshells are like tiny malted milk balls that are coated with gold rather than chocolate. Their core is non-conducting, and by varying the size of the core and thickness of the shell, researchers can tune them to respond to different wavelengths of light. Houston-based biomedical firm Nanospectra Biosciences, which holds the license for medical use of Rice's nanoshell technology, began the first human clinical trial of nanoshell phototherapy in 2008. Dr. West, a co-founder and director of Nanospectra Biosciences, said the new glioma study is part of a larger ongoing effort within the Texas Medical Center to adapt nanoshell phototherapy for use against a variety of cancers.

Trestles brochure (both femtosecond and CW versions)

We also offer Tretsles CW Ti:Saphire laser with build in pump laser with pump power from 3 to 10 Watt.

Trestles CW Opus Specifications (request a quote)
Ti:Sapphire CW oscillator
Tuning range, nm: 700-1000*
Output power (free-space), mW: 300 (@800 nm, 3W pump)
Bandwidth: <45 GHz
<20 GHz (with 1 etalon**)
<2 GHz (with 2 etalons**)
Spatial mode: TEMoo
Divergence: <2 mrad
Polarization: horizontal
* - manually controlled birefringent filter for
wavelength tuning is included
** - not included, please see below
Fiber-coupled output: single-mode fiber 700-1300 nm,
4 um, 1 m FC-FC
Output power at fiber output: >10 mW@700-1000 nm

OPUS DPSS PUMP LASER, 3 W OUTPUT
POWER 3 W
WAVELENGTH 532 NM
BEAM SIZE 2.0 MM
SPATIAL MODE TEM00
M SQUARED < 1.1
POWER STABILITY < 0.4 % RMS
NOISE < 0.4% RMS

Accessories
3BRF-TM Upgrade - Upgrade to motorized 3-plate birefringent filter for USB wavelength tuning
Thick (thin) etalon with mount (manual tuning)
Thick (thin) etalon with mount (step motor controlled tuning)
Closed-loop chiller
 

Trestles CW available free free space as well as fiber-coupled output

Fiber-coupled output: single-mode fiber 700-1300 nm, 4 um, 1 m FC-FC
Output power at fiber output: >10 mW@700-1000 nm

Trestles CW Opus continuum wave Ti:Sapphire laser with built in 3 Watt DPSS laser

Dimensions of Trestles CW Opus continuum wave Ti:Sapphire laser with built in 3 Watt DPSS laser

The Trestles CW Opus weight is about 20 kg.
 

DPSS pump laser control unit

Chiller - weight 11 kg, W 220mm x D 333mm x H 390mm

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