Cobolt Skyra™

A revolutionary multi-line laser platform

Cobolt Skyra™ is an extremely compact, permanently aligned, plug & play, multi-line laser with up to 4 laser lines and control electronics integrated into one single, temperature-controlled package, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand!

405 nm – 660 nm, up to 100 mW of output power per line
Robust package, fully integrated electronics and user friendly software control
Analog and digital modulation capability on all lines
Fiber coupled option available
Hermetically sealed packages, proven reliability

Applications

Perfect for Ar+ replacement, fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry and Optogenetics

Categories: 405 nm laser, 445 nm laser, 457 nm laser, 473 nm laser, 488 nm laser, 515 nm laser, 532 nm laser, 553 nm laser, 561 nm laser, 633 nm laser, 638 nm laser, 647 nm laser, 660 nm laser, Lasers, Multi-line Lasers

Specifications

Performance Data (click to enlarge)

Data sheets

Cobolt Skyra™
Compact | Plug and play | Multi-line Laser

Manuals

Cobolt Skyra™
Compact | Plug and play | Multi-line Laser

Literature (see also applications specific pages)

Title	Application	Publication
Multi-Line Lasers Help Simplify Light Sheet Microscopes Targeting Clinical Applications M. Haahr et al.	Light Sheet Microscopy	FOM 2024
Light sheet microscopy enables 3D pathology A Glosser, J Liu, N Reder, M Haahr	Light Sheet Microscopy	BioPhotonics May/June 2021
descSPIM: Affordable and Easy-to-Build Light-Sheet Microscopy for Tissue Clearing Technique Users K Otomo et al.	Light Sheet Microscopy	BioRxiv Preprint
Light sheet microscopy enables 3D pathology A Glosser, J Liu, N Reder, M Haahr	Light Sheet Microscopy	BioPhotonics May/June 2021
Permanently aligned multi-line lasers Paper 11231 M. Haahr et al.	Fluorescence Microscopy	SPIE BiOS Paper 11231 Feb 2020
Multi-line lasers simplify bioimaging applications	BioImaging	White paper
Fluorescence microscopy instrumentation simplified using novel multi-line lasers M.Haahr et al.	Fluorescence Microscopy	SPIE BIOS Poster Feb 2019
Highly stable multi-line lasers for next-generation imaging M.Haahr et al.	Fluorescence Microscopy	BioOptics Feb 2018
Can multi-line lasers improve clinical diagnosis?	Flow cytometry	CYTO 2017

Software to download

	Software	Description
	Cobolt Monitor	Cobolt Monitor^TM is a combined GUI for all Cobolt laser models. The GUI supports simultaneous connection and monitoring of multiple lasers, configured for either RS232 or USB2.0. The GUI automatically searches for new Cobolt lasers connected to the computer and presents them listed.
	USB Driver	To connect to the laser via USB, the USB driver must be installed. When installed, a virtual COM port will be created to communicate with the laser.
	Lab View	Used to integrate the Cobolt lasers into Labview environment.
	GitHub	See a list of suggested code in C++ or Python on GitHub.
	Integration into imaging software	A Micro-manager driver is available for Cobolt Skyra lasers. Please search for and install the “Cobolt Official” driver from the Micro-manager library. If you experience any difficulties with your Micro-manager integration, please contact us at: info@coboltlasers.com.

Mechanical specifications (click to enlarge)

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Videos

Introduction to Cobolt Skyra™: The multi-line laser

Webinars

Multi-Line Lasers or Laser Combiners: What Solution Is Best for Fluorescence Imaging?

See our full selection of webinars and Laser Lounge sessions.

Flash Talks from Focus on Microscopy 2021

Cobolt Skyra™ multi-line lasers for light sheet microscopy – Flash talk (3 min)

Flexible laser solutions for fluorescence microscopy – Flash talk (3 min)

Options & Accessories


HS-05 Laser Head Heatsink
Heatsink with fans for Cobolt Skyra™	Fiber coupled option upon request

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