Multiphoton - Leica TCS SP8 MP (Botinst)
The inverted Leica multiphoton and confocal fluorescence microscope is equipped with a pre-compensated infrared laser (Insight DS+ Dual from Spectra Physics) as well as with a whitelight laser for visible excitation. Besides multiphoton excitation as well as one photon excitation, non-linear experiments such as second harmonic generation can be performed with the system.
Location
BOT Room M2-21, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zürich.
Training Request
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Technical Specifications
Light Sources and Lasers
- Insigth DS+ Dual (680-1300 nm & 1041nm) ultrafast NIR laser for multiphoton excitation
- White light laser (WLL): continuous laser output in the range of 470-670nm; AOTF allows to choose up to 8 different wavelengths simultaneously; pulsed laser system with a repetition rate of 80 MHz
- Diode laser 405 nm (50mW)
- Argon Laser (65mW): 458 nm, 476 nm, 488 nm, 496 nm, 514 nm
- Halogen lamp for transmitted light
- External fluorescence lamp LQ-HXP 120
Scanners (tandem scanner system)
- point-scanning
- zoom function
- Regular scanner (field-of-view scanner): 1 Hz to 1800 Hz
- Resonant scanner: 8 kHz
Objectives
| Name | Magnification | NA | Immersion | WD (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HC PL APO 10x/0.40 CS2 | 10x | 0.4 | Air | 2.2 |
| HC PL APO 20x/0.75 IMM CORR CS2 | 20x | 0.75 | Multi-immersion | 0.68 |
| HC FLUOTAR L 25x/0.95 W VISIR | 25x | 0.95 | Water | 2.5 |
| HC PL APO 63x/1.40 OIL CS2 | 63x | 1.4 | Oil | 0.14 |
| HC PL APO 63x/1.20 W motCORR CS2 | 63x | 1.2 | Water | 0.3 |
Fluorescence Filters
Non-Descanned Detection:
- HyD-RLD 2ch DAPI/FITC filter cube: 460/50 & 525/50 with 495 SP
- HyD-RLD 2ch CFP/YFP filter cube: 483/32 & 535/30 with 505 SP
- HyD-RLD 2ch TRITC/A633 filter cube: 585/40 & 650/50 with 620 SP
- HyD-RLD 2ch A488/A647 filter cube: 525/50 & 675/55 with 620 SP
- Beamsplitter Quad LP 505
- Beamsplitter Quad SP 500
- Beamsplitter Quad LP 560
- Beamsplitter Quad SP 565
Widefield Fluorescence Filter Cubes
- DAPI
- GFP
- CFP
- DsRed
Detectors
- 4 non-descanned super-sensitive photon-counting hybrid detectors (HyD)
- 3 descanned confocal fluorescence channels: one Photomultipliertube (PMT) and two super-sensitive photon-counting hybrid detectors (HyD, suitable for time gated detection in combination with visible excitation)
- transmission light-channel (PMT-Trans)
Camera Systems
Leica DFC7000 T Color CCD Camera
- digital color, high-sensitivity, cooled camera for fluorescence and brightfield microscopy
- 1920x1440 pixel image size
- RGB Bayer mask color filter
- 4 microseconds - 200 seconds exposure
- 8 or 12 bit bit depth
- 40 fps @ full frame
- color or monochrome operation
Accessories
- controlled environmental conditions (temperature, humidity)
Literature and Links
Further information (internal UZH use only)
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