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The BD FACSCanto cytometer uses low-powered air-cooled and solid state lasers
that do not have special power and cooling requirements.
Laser
Wavelength
(nm)
Commonly Used Fluorochromes
Coherent® Sapphire™
Solid State
488 (blue) FITC, PE, PerCP,
PerCP-Cyâ„¢5.5, PE-Cyâ„¢7
JDS Uniphaseâ„¢ HeNe
Air Cooled
633 (red) APC, APC-Cy7