Leica TCS SP5 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope

Advanced Upright Optical Microscope

• DMI 6000 inverted microscope
• SuperZ galvanometer stage
  • 1500 micron travel range
    • 3 nm stepsize
• Motorfocus stand
• 9 laser lines
  • Diode: 405nm,
  • Ar: 458, 476, 488, 496, 514 nm,
  • HeNe: 543, 594, 633nm
• Acousto Optical Tunable Filter (AOTF) for fast laser line selection
• Simultaneous 5 channels detection
  • 5 individually tunable spectrometers, (instead of filters), set the acceptance window for the detection system
• 400-800 nm detection range
• Conventional scanner with maximal frame resolution 8192 x 8192 pixel
• User defined scan modes (xt, xy, xyt, xyzt etc.) for imaging
• High sensitivity low noise PMTs
• 16 bit imaging
• Optional transmitted light detection, allowing BF, DIC etc
• Clear and intuitive Leica LAS AF software
• Applications
  • Imaging cells tagged with fluorescent dyes
  • Imaging structures within cells
  • Imaging fluorescent materials