Teledyne Photon Machines

🌟 Exciting News from Teledyne Photon Machines! 🌟 We are incredibly honored to collaborate with some of the world’s leading researchers in geology, geochemistry, life sciences, and material sciences. But that’s not all! We offer exclusive demo experiences, allowing you to harness our cutting-edge technology alongside their unparalleled expertise. This is the perfect opportunity to see firsthand how our instrumentation can elevate your research. Interested in scheduling a demonstration? Reach out to us, and let’s explore the possibilities together! #Iridia #EngineeredByScience #MakingLightWork

Récemment j'ai pu faire une maintenance sur un LSX-213 G2+ de Teledyne Photon Machines couplée à un IRMS de la marque Sercon Limited. Cette ablation laser nanoseconde à 213 nm est ici utilisée en couplage complet (gaz et électronique) avec les modules Cryo et H2020 afin de déterminer les ratios isotopiques d13C sur des filtres en cellulose. La particularité est qu'on peut basculer du mode LA-ICP-MS vers LA-IRMS juste en modifiant les flux de gaz et la chambre ou dédier l'ablation laser (c'est le cas ici) à une analyse précise.

Following on from our post marking 30 years of manufacturing laser ablation systems, we did a quick count of the number of published papers per annum mentioning our main laser ablation product platforms. It's fascinating to see the huge jump in papers with the Analyte G2 and Excite 193 nm platforms in the 2010s. We're looking forward to seeing papers featuring IRIDIA jump up over the next few years as the growth of interest in the the technique continues, fueled by new technologies and application capabilities. Which LA applications do you think will expand in the coming decade?

It's a wrap on the 2024 Perugia LA-ICP-MS short course in Ljubljana! It was an excellent group this year with fantastic interaction and engagement. Thank you to all participants and special thanks to all the course trainers and organizers: Maurizio Petrelli, Martin Šala, Ciprian Stremtan, Kristina Mervič, and others we may have missed. Already looking forward to the next one!

We just realized that 2024 marks 30 years of making laser ablation systems for Teledyne Photon Machines! It started back in 1994 when one of our two predecessor companies, CETAC Technologies, introduced the LSX-100, a 266 nm Nd:YAG-based laser ablation system for solid sample introduction to ICP-MS. CETAC kept innovating, introducing a range of different systems spanning 1064 nm, 266 nm and 213 nm, and even introduced the world's first and only combo 266/213/193 nm laser system, the LSX-3000 (albeit for a short period of time since it had its issues). In 2010, CETAC got together with Photon Machines (specialists in high-end 193 nm excimer, femtosecond and LIBS laser systems) to begin a joint venture. This would result in the two companies being merged within Teledyne Technologies Inc, completing in 2014. So, we also celebrate a 10 year anniversary of the amalgamation of the businesses! Here is a small infographic that shows the evolution of our main laser ablation product range. Who remembers some of these products or used them? Happy anniversaries to us 🥂

It’s that time of year again! Next week the annual Perugia International Short Course on Application of LA-ICP-MS to Earth Sciences and Cultural Heritage will be held, this time in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Prof. Maurizio Petrelli will be joined, as ever, by Dr Ciprian Stremtan, Dr Martin Šala and other highly regarded speakers for an edifying week of lectures, tutorials and practical sessions. You can discover more at https://lnkd.in/e-4figha

For the last 5 years Teledyne Photon Machines has been collaborating with the fantastic team at Arizona LaserChron, ably led by Prof George Gehrels, in order to understand how to develop hardware and software to best serve the rapidly advancing field of U/Pb geochronology. A fascinating area of science, even for non-geologists. Don't believe me? Then I urge you to take 30 minutes out of your day to watch this. Prof Gehrels was recently awarded the Emile Argand Medal at the IGC meeting in Korea, and his acceptance speech is a fabulous review of the need for U/Pb geochronology and how the science has advanced over the years. Now online here: https://lnkd.in/dxg7FPnK

It was LA-ICP-MS workshop day today. Ciprian Stremtan demonstrated the capabilities of the LSX-213G2+ system with an Agilent 7900. Many thanks to all participants, our colleagues from Altium Croatia and Altium Serbia and the University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u Zagrebu team!

We enjoyed a lively 2nd Symposium on Analytical Atomic Spetrometry today at University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u Zagrebu, including an opening presentation by Prof. Sanda Roncevic also Sebastien Sannac (Agilent Technologies), Lukas Schlatt (Nu Instruments Ltd), Bill Spence (Teledyne Photon Machines), and Gianpaolo Rota (@Milestone), along with many fascinating scientific talks by community members. The plenary by Martin Šala was particularly insightful! We’re looking forward to the lab-based workshop tomorrow. Hope to see you there!

On Friday and Saturday this week (13-14 September) Ciprian Stremtan and Bill Spence will be at the 2nd Symposium on Analytical Atomic Spectrometry at Department of Chemistry, University of Zagreb, Croatia. We will be present with our partners, Altium Croatia and will run a workshop on LA-ICP-MS on Saturday 14th September. Registration is open at https://saas.hkd.hr/.