Laser applications are generally diverse and often cover completely different application fields. In the following we provide a list of
applications for current MONTFORT Laser products:
... (from unpacking) with a MONTFORT M-NANO Nanosecond Laser. See the video here how easy it is to generate such sparks in now time!
The laser beam from a standard M-NANO propagates through a normal lens and forms a spark in air. This capability of making sparks in virtually any medium, including gases, liquids and solid materials, is used in LIBS - Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy - and enables fast and precise elemental analysis used in various applications ranging from contamination analysis, industrial process analysis, debris analysis, food analysis, etc etc.
MONTFORT Laser products are not only used in OEM applications, which requires confidentiality typically, but also in scientific research globally. Here we list a number of scientific publications that have used one of our products:
| Markus Saurer, Guenther Paltauf, Robert Nuster, Efficient testing of weld seam models with radii of curvature in the millimeter range using laser ultrasound, Ultrasonics, Volume 139, 2024, 107292, ISSN 0041-624X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107292 | 2024 |
| Wern Ng, Yongqiang Wen, Max Attwood, Daniel C Jones, Mark Oxborrow, Neil McN. Alford, Daan M. Arroo; “Maser-in-a-shoebox”: A portable plug-and-play maser device at room temperature and zero magnetic field. Appl. Phys. Lett. 22 January 2024; 124 (4): 044004. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0181318 | 2024 |
| Lobo, C.S., Mendes, M.I.P., Pereira, D.A. et al. Photodynamic therapy changes tumour immunogenicity and promotes immune-checkpoint blockade response, particularly when combined with micromechanical priming. Sci Rep 13, 11667 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38862-8 | 2023 |
| Bai Y, Li J, Zhang W, Zhang L, Hou J, Zhao Y, Chen F, Wang S, Wang G, Ma X, Liu Z, Luo X, Yin W and Jia S (2022) Accuracy Enhancement of LIBS-XRF Coal Quality Analysis Through Spectral Intensity Correction and Piecewise Modeling. Front. Phys. 9:823298. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2021.823298. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2021.823298/full | 2022 |
| D. Thompson, J.R. Nagel, D.B. Gasteau, S. Manohar, Laser-induced ultrasound transmitters for large-volume ultrasound tomography, Photoacoustics, Volume 25, 2022, 100312, ISSN 2213-5979, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2021.100312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2021.100312 | 2022 |
| Zhihui TIAN et al 2022 Plasma Sci. Technol. 24 084007, Elemental and proximate analysis of coal by x-ray fluorescence assisted laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-6272/ac78ca/pdf | 2022 |
| Fontana, F.F.; Tassios, S.; Stromberg, J.; Tiddy, C.; van der Hoek, B.; Uvarova, Y.A. Integrated Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and Multivariate Wavelet Tessellation: A New, Rapid Approach for Lithogeochemical Analysis and Interpretation. Minerals 2021, 11, 312. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11030312. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11030312 | 2021 |
| Kim H-S, Kim KB, Lee J-H, Jung J-J, Kim Y-J, Kim S-P, Choi M-H, Yi J-H and Chung S-C (2021) Mid-Air Tactile Sensations Evoked by Laser-Induced Plasma: A Neurophysiological Study. Front. Neurosci. 15:733423. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.733423. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.733423 | 2021 |
| David Thompson, Hindrik Kruit, Damien Gasteau, Srirang Manohar; Laser-induced synthetic aperture ultrasound imaging. J. Appl. Phys. 28 October 2020; 128 (16): 163105. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0023412 | 2020 |
| J. Kiefer, C. Vanselow, and A. Fischer, "Combining laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and particle imaging velocimetry (PIV) for flame diagnostics," in Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress, OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2020), paper LW4E.3. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=lacsea-2020-LW4E.3 | 2020 |
| Kaifler, B., Rempel, D., Roßi, P., Büdenbender, C., Kaifler, N., and Baturkin, V.: A technical description of the Balloon Lidar Experiment (BOLIDE), Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5681–5695, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5681-2020, 2020. | 2020 |
| Kuniyil Ajith Singh, M.; Xia, W. Portable and Affordable Light Source-Based Photoacoustic Tomography. Sensors 2020, 20, 6173. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20216173 | 2020 |
| Lintao WANG et al 2020 Plasma Sci. Technol. 22 074004, Spectral characteristics of underwater laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy under high-pressure conditions. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-6272/ab6e03 | 2020 |
| Liu C, Guo J, Tian Y, Zhang C, Cheng K, Ye W, Zheng R. Development and Field Tests of a Deep-Sea Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) System for Solid Sample Analysis in Seawater. Sensors (Basel). 2020 Dec 21;20(24):7341. doi: 10.3390/s20247341. PMID: 33371290; PMCID: PMC7766272. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/24/7341 | 2020 |
| Srinath Rajagopal, Ben T. Cox, 100 MHz bandwidth planar laser-generated ultrasound source for hydrophone calibration, Ultrasonics, Volume 108, 2020, 106218, ISSN 0041-624X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2020.106218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2020.106218 | 2020 |
| Ye W, Guo J, Li N, Qi F, Cheng K, Zheng R. Depth Profiling Investigation of Seawater Using Combined Multi-Optical Spectrometry. Appl Spectrosc. 2020 May;74(5):563-570. doi: 10.1177/0003702820906890. PMID: 32031011. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0003702820906890 | 2020 |
| Li N, Guo J, Zhu L, Lu Y, Tian Y, Zheng R. Effects of Ambient Temperature on Laser-Induced Plasma in Bulk Water. Appl Spectrosc. 2019 Nov;73(11):1277-1283. doi: 10.1177/0003702819856353. PMID: 31117805. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0003702819856353 | 2020 |
| Upputuri PK, Pramanik M. Photoacoustic imaging in the second near-infrared window: a review. J Biomed Opt. 2019 Apr;24(4):1-20. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.24.4.040901. PMID: 30968648; PMCID: PMC6990072. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jbo.24.4.040901 | 2020 |
| Wang D, Wang Y, Wang W, Luo D, Chitgupi U, Geng J, Zhou Y, Wang L, Lovell JF, Xia J. Deep tissue photoacoustic computed tomography with a fast and compact laser system. Biomed Opt Express. 2016 Dec 8;8(1):112-123. doi: 10.1364/BOE.8.000112. PMID: 28101405; PMCID: PMC5231285. https://doi.org/10.1364/boe.8.000112 | 2020 |