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Regulatory Filings • Oct 7, 2024

Thorlabs Mini2P Imaging System Leverages poLight ASA TLens® for Optimal Neurological Imaging

Thorlabs Mini2P Imaging System Leverages poLight ASA TLens® for Optimal Neurological Imaging

Imaging Workflow System on Display at Neuroscience 2024, Booth #1101

HORTEN, Norway - October 7, 2024 -- poLight

ASA (https://www.polight.com/home/default.aspx) (OSE: PLT) today announced that

Thorlabs (https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=16296)'

Miniature Two-Photon Imaging System (Mini2P) features the TLens® Silver tunable

optics, delivering fast multiplane imaging with a <0.4ms response time in freely

moving specimens. Available in two MEMS scanner configurations, the lightweight,

head-mounted design allows for hundreds of neurons to be monitored in a single

field of view (FoV) with visualization of up to a thousand cells achievable

through X/Y/Z tunable calcium imaging. The Thorlabs Mini2P and complete Imaging

Workflow System is on display at the Society for Neuroscience

conference (https://www.sfn.org/meetings/neuroscience-2024) in booth #1101.

"We have made notable enhancements to the original Zong/Moser/Kavli

design (https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00197

-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS009286742

2001970%3Fshowall%3Dtrue), delivering improved imaging results at different

depths and orientations of in vivo neural activity," said Jeff Brooker, Life

Science CTO at Thorlabs VA Imaging Research. "Leveraging the low-power, fast

poLight TLens® electrotuneable lens, researchers can capture better z-scanning

data with reduced signal-to-noise ratios in low light settings. TLens® enables

fast and stable imaging of multiple interleaved planes, as well as 3D functional

imaging, providing critical insights that will advance neurological research."

"We continue to be amazed at the progress achieved with Mini2P technology," said

Dr. Oyvind Isaksen, CEO of poLight ASA. "Thorlabs imaging system enables

researchers to 'see' a new level of brain functionality, and we are pleased to

continue our fruitful collaboration."

Further information from:

Dr. Øyvind Isaksen, CEO, poLight ASA: +47 90 87 63 98

About poLight ASA

poLight ASA (OSE: PLT) offers a patented, proprietary tunable optics technology,

starting with its first product, TLens® which replicates "the human eye"

experience in autofocus cameras used in devices such as smartphones, wearables,

barcode scanners, machine vision systems and various medical equipment.

poLight's TLens® enables better system performance and new user experiences due

to benefits such as extremely fast focus, small footprint, no magnetic

interference, low power consumption and constant field of view. poLight is based

in Horten, Norway, with employees in Finland, France, UK, US, China, Taiwan, and

the Philippines. For more information, please visit https://www.polight.com

About Thorlabs

Thorlabs, a vertically integrated photonics products manufacturer, was founded

in 1989 to serve the laser and electro-optics research market. As that market

has spawned a multitude of technical innovations, Thorlabs has extended its core

competencies in an effort to play an ever-increasing role to serve the Photonics

Industry at the research end, as well as the industrial, life science, medical,

and defense segments. The organization's highly integrated and diverse

manufacturing assets include semiconductor fabrication of Fabry-Perot, DFB, and

VCSEL lasers; fiber towers for drawing both silica and fluoride glass optical

fibers; MBE/MOCVD epitaxial wafer growth reactors; extensive glass and metal

fabrication facilities; advanced thin film deposition capabilities; and

optomechanical and optoelectronic shops.