High Speed Programmable Spot Illumination UGA-40 for Microscopy Applications

Overview

Scanning system UGA-40

Applications:
- FRAP
- Mapping of e.g. neural networks
- Release of caged compounds
- Drug Delivery
- Photobleaching
- Photoswitching
- Photoconverting
- Photoactivation
- FRET
- Laser ablations

FeaturesIllumination of a small spot for e.g. FRAP and flash photolysis of caged compounds and simultaneous fluorescence excitation of the entire or partial field of view from a different light source. Because of its high speed it is also dedicated for input-mapping.

- spot size down to a few micrometers
- fast moveable spot positioning
- microcontroller operated
- easy programmable
- no modification of microscope
- uses microscope optics
- real-time-operation - "click and fire"-mode
- regions of interest (ROI) programmable
- available for many microscopes, e.g.:
Nikon: TE2000
Olympus: BX51, BX61, IX71, IX81
Zeiss: Axio Examiner, Axio Imager, Axio Observer, Axiovert 200
for other microscopes available soon. Please ask for more details.

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Scanning Spot

The cross hair shown in the movie is 250µm of width horizontally and 200µm of width vertically.

Please click here for an application note for calcium rises evoked by localized photolysis of caged IP3 using scanning spot illumination.

Please click here for an application note for microdissection - cutting of tissue using laser light

Please click here for an application note for input-mapping: Light stimulation in acute brain slices of Channelrhodopsin-2 transfected mice