For the Imaging Methods Service Laboratory at BIOCEV, in cooperation with Carl Zeiss, we have upgraded the existing equipment (confocal microscope with a tunable femtosecond laser Coherent Chameleon Ultra II extended with an OPO unit) with a delay line consisting of a precision linear axis LMS-270 from Physik Instrumente and a prechirp unit from APE.
This upgrade allowed the extension of the methods available on the microscope to include CARS (Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering) imaging.
Equipment parameters
The following components were supplied as part of the upgrade:
- Precompensation unit for pulse compression and dispersion compensation for femtosecond laser - femtoControl Ti:Sa 680 - 1080 nm from APE
- Linear dynamic axis with high load capacity (up to 50 kg) - LMS-270, Physik Instrumente
- Hardware autofocus for microscope with optical axis binding