Zeiss LSM 700 - Specifications Manual

Specifications LSM 700
Microscopes
Stands
Upright: Axio Imager.Z1m, M1m and Axio Scope mot for LSM
Inverted: Axio Observer.Z1m SP (side port)
Z drive
Axio Imager: Step motor, smallest increment 10 or 25 nm
Axio Observer: DC motor with opto-electronic coding, smallest increment 10 nm
XY stage (option)
Motorized XY scanning stage with Mark & Find (XYZ) and Tile Scan (Mosaic Scan) functions
Objectives
More than 40 reected-light objectives: EC Epiplans, EC Epiplan-Neouars, EC Epiplan-Neouars,
EC Epiplan-Apochromats, LD Epiplans, LD EC Epiplan-Neouars
Accessories
High-resolution AxioCam microscope camera
Scanning module
Scanner
Two independent galvanometric scanning mirrors with ultra-short line and frame yback
Scanning resolution
4 x 1 to 2048 x 2048 pixels, continuously adjustable
Scanning speed
13 x 2 speed stages, Up to 5 frames/s with 512 x 512 pixels (max. 154 frames/s with 512 x 16 pixels)
Scanning zoom
0.5 x to 40 x, variable in increments of 0.1
Scanning rotation
Freely rotatable around 360°, variable in increments of 0.1°
Scanning eld
Field diagonal of 18 mm (max.) in the intermediate image plane, homogeneous illumination
of image eld
Pinhole
Motorized master pinhole, diameter continuously adjustable
Detection
One or two confocal channels (reection/uorescence), one optional external transmitted-light
channel with DIC capability, each with high-sensitivity PMT detector, spectral increment 1 nm
Data depth
Selectable between 8 bit, 12 bit or 16 bit
Laser inserts
Laser inserts (VIS, V)
Pigtail-coupled solid-state laser with polarization-preserving single-mode ber; up to 4 V/VIS
laser directly connectable to the scanning module; laser lines 405 nm 5 mW or 445 nm 5 mW;
488 nm 10 mW; 555 nm 10 mW; 639 nm 5 mW (at ber end)
Fast (pixel-exact) customized and variable intensity adjustment of all laser lines (direct modulation)
Automatic shutdown of laser when not in use
Electronics module
Control computer
Real-time electronics integrated in PC; communication with user PC via PCI express; Control of
microscope, lasers, scanning module and additional accessories, data acquisition and synchronization;
Over sampling acquisition for best sensitivity and doubled SNR; possibility of online data-analysis
during acquisition
User PC
High-end PC with ample RAM and hard disk storage capacity; ergonomic high-resolution
16:10 LCD-TFT at-panel display, Windows VISTA operating system with multi-user capability
Ethernet connection to local network
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