We are pleased to announce that the 3-way version of our popular Optosplit image splitter is now available. A full datasheet will be produced shortly, but in the meantime please contact our Sales Department for further details or quotations. For those of you not familiar with image splitting technology this new device allows three wavelengths of light to be simultaneously imaged onto different bands of a single Iccd camera chip. Typically this could be used for imaging three fluorphores simultaneously or for imaging two fluorophores in conjunction with a brightfield image.
The Optosplit III triple image splitter from Cairn Research is a simple device for deviding an image into either one, two or three separate, spatially equivalent components which can be displayed side by side on a single professional camera chip. Splitting is usually performed on the basis of wavelength or polarisation, allowing applications where there is a requirement for simultaneous, or high speed, acquisition of multiple emission bands or polarisations states. The simultaneous acquisition of up to three images offers a major benefit over manual or electronic filter changers, as there is no longer a need to pause acquisition while the filter position is changed. This allows your camera to be operated at the very fastest capture rates it is capable of achieving.
Applications :
- Polarisation Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (pFRET)
- Ratiometric ion imaging
- Triple fluorescence probe imaging
- Polarisation studies
- Simultaneous phase contrast and fluorescence