Excelitas Technologies has announced the X-Cite110LED, a new compact white light LED for fluorescence imaging applications.
It uses liquid light guide coupling for delivering broad-spectrum optical power with field uniformity at the specimen level through manual, personal computer (PC) and TTL control.
The X-Cite 110LED was tested on white-light Nipkow disk confocal system and found the images to be very bright. Overall, the fluorescence was superior to other light sources and the system was easy to operate, stated, Tim Bromage, director, Hard Tissue Research Unit, New York University.
It attributes an additional level of flexibility to white LED offerings, with liquid light guide coupling to the microscope, which allows for maximum uniformity without adding mechanical vibration, as well as a convenient form factor and smaller overall footprint.
An electronic shutter provides sub-millisecond operation with extreme precision in vibration-sensitive imaging experiments. Providing excitation for DAPI, GFP, mCherry, Cy5 and other fluorophores, this LED offers a superior solution for routine imaging on compound or stereo microscopes.
Besides, with intuitive control options it is well suited for any instrument configuration, from basic manual operation to fully automated.
It provides researchers with a powerful LED solution which represents Excelitas’ on-going commitment to deliver enabling technologies to the fluorescence imaging community, said, Oliver Scheuss, vice president, Solid State Lighting and UV/Microscopy for Excelitas Technologies.
Built on the strengths of the current X-Cite light platform, the technicians have combined superior optical performance with the added benefits of LED technology to offer the reliability and high quality that researchers require for demanding applications, added Scheuss.
The instant LED on/off skill reduces photo bleaching and photo toxicity in specimens and also offers ultra-fast PC control and TTL triggering.
Moreover, with zero mercury disposal and low energy consumption, this LED is an environmentally-friendly solution that can adapt to system configuration including microscopes.
With LEDs rated to 25,000 hours and no lamps or modules to replace, X-Cite 110LED impart convenience to laboratories, allowing researchers to focus on their experiments.
Sabeena Wahid