In 1997, Laser Science, Inc. was acquired by Thermo Electron. LCF Enterprises manufactures sealed pulsed nitrogen laser with OptoSync output, tunable dye lasers, a UVS frequency doubling system and sealed CO2 lasers. The CO2 lasers are used for LIF, cell ablation/fluorescence, TOF mass spectrometry, biomedical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, teaching and OEM applications.