Swept Field Confocal (Nikon)

Contact Dr. Lionel Faure for training
lfaure@twu.edu

Location: SRC 105D

Description: The most significant advantage of the SFC is its detector. The CMOS camera is so much faster than PMTs. It will acquire images faster than the A1 or the LSM 900. Image resolution with the SFC will be lower, though. The SFC is also straightforward to use.

• One CMOS camera

• Four different lasers: 405, 488, 561, 640 nm

• Objectives: 10x, 20x, 60x (oil), 100x (oil)

• With the A1, you can do the following:

• Z stack

• Large image/Tiling

• Movies

• Memorize different positions of your sample

• Fluorescent capacities for epifluorescent (DAPI, FITC, TRITC), to locate no imaging

• Operates on the NIS AR element software

Other Useful Information: 

• Manual