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Olympus FV1000 Confocal Microscope

 

Location: CSC Room 32 32 

Main features of System:

  • Three standard Photo Multipliers Tube (PMT) light detectors with two of the channels having tunable spectral bandwidths.
  • Simultaneous transmitted light or DIC imaging while scanning confocally.
  • Fully automated Olympus IX81 inverted microscope.
  • Additional epifluorescence and DIC (Nomarski) illumination lamps for rapid sample identification and focusing.
  • Motorized Prior II XY stage with a variety of stage inserts available (slides,dishes, multiwall plates, etc..).
  • Olympus FV10-ASW 3.1 confocal imaging software

Imaging lasers:

  • 405nm diode laser
  • 488nm Argon gas laser
  • 543nm Helium-neon gas laser
  • 633nm Helium-neon gas laser

Objectives:

  • 4X
  • oil
  • 60x
  • oil
    ObjectiveMagnificationImmersion Numerical ApperatureCorrection RingCoverglass (mm)Working Distance (mm)
    UPlanSApo10X Air0.4
    0.173.1
    UPlanApo20X Air0.7
    0.170.65
    UApo40X Oil 1.35 Corr 0.170.1
    PlanApo60XWater1.2Corr0.13-0.210.28
    PlanApo60XOil1.4
    0.170.12