New Ultra High Power 460nm LED from Prizmatix Ideal for Fluorescence Microscopy

In addition to previously announced Ultra High Power LED-630nm and 520nm Prizmatix released new Ultra High Power LED-460nm for Fluorescence Microscopy.

The Ultra High Power LED provides almost x10 increase of power in comparison with similar High Power LED devices. The Ultra High Power LED is an effective replacement of lasers and lamps in many power demanding applications, such as fluorescence microscopy, machine vision, chemical reaction activation and numerous others.

This new member of the modular OptiBlocks family provides >1W of collimated Blue LED power on its output. The LED driver supports CW or pulsed operation.

Key Features:

• Compatible with Prizmatix modular Microscope-LED Light Source products family;
• Single chip Ultra High Power LED;
• TTL external triggering;
• Excellent for fluorescence excitation;
• LED spectrum can be narrowed by optional band pass filter installed inside the head;
• Stable precisely adjustable power;
• Long life (no lamp or laser tube replacement required);
• Speckle free;
• Rapid warm up time.

Applications:

• Fluorescence microscopy Auramine, di-8-ANEPPS, GFP, Quantum Dots;
• Whole body imaging;
• Photo activation (PA);
• Photostimulation of Channelrhodopsin ChR1, ChR2;
• Fluorescence recovery after photo bleach (FRAP);
• Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH);
• Bio analysis;
• Machine Vision.

Optical Specifications:

• Wavelength nm 460;
• Wavelength range nm ±5;
• Spectrum half width nm 27;
• Collimated optical power output mW >1000.

Source: http://www.prizmatix.com/