Light Sources

Sutter Lambda-LS Xenon Lamp

A stand-alone Xenon Arc Lamp and power supply, compatible with most modern microscopes,

• Xenon bulb is 175W (most standard microscope lamps are 75W)
• Pre-aligned bulb with parabolic mirror
• Choice of bulbs: ozone producing (down to 200 nm) or ozone free (down to 340 nm)
• C-mount threaded optical port for direct coupling
• Optional liquid light guide (~70% transmission) for UV delivery
• Lamp life 1000 hrs (expected)
• Integrated hour meter
• Equipped with cold mirror to reduce IR output

Sutter DG-4 Wavelength Switcher

The DG-4 is a combined Xenon Arc lamp and high speed wavelength switcher, ideal for fast ion imaging where image ratios at different excitation wavelengths are required at high frame rates.

• Built-in 175W ozone-free Xenon lamp
• Uses up to 4 standard (25mm diameter) interference filters
• Beam is switched between filters in less than 1.2 ms
• Allows video-rate ratio imaging (depending on camera hardware), or
• Allows up to 300 ratios per second (with a suitable camera!)
• Liquid light guide provides vibration isolation from microscope
• Integral shuttering and neutral density filtering
• Control by keypad, RS-232, parallel port or TTL/video synch pulse
• Compatible with SimplePCI imaging software

Sutter Lambda 10-2

The Lambda 10-2 is a microprocessor controlled, high speed filter wheel. Its impressive speed coupled with exceptionally smooth operation make the Lambda 10-2 ideal for research applications involving fluorescence microscopy, ratio imaging, spectrophotometry, visual physiology, or any application requiring rapid and accurate aperture positioning.

• Uses standard 25 mm diameter interference filters (a 32 mm version is available)
• May be fitted as excitation filter or emission filter on most microscopes
• Direct connection adaptors available, or uses optional liquid light guide
• Switching time between adjacent filters is 55 ms
• Optional integral shutter
• Controller operates two wheels
• Control by keypad, RS-232, or parallel port
• Compatible with SimplePCI imaging software

Sutter Lambda 10-C

The Lambda 10-C features the same stepper-motor driven wheel used in the Lambda 10-2 above, but in a more economical package using a different controller, and is ideal for low to medium frame-rate imaging applications requiring only a single wheel.

• Uses standard 25 mm diameter interference filters
• All wheel components and shutters are interchangeable with the Lambda 10-2
• Switching time between adjacent filters is 90 ms with two filters loaded
• Optional integral shutter
• Control by keypad, RS-232, or parallel port
• Compatible with SimplePCI imaging software