FEMTO turns the noise down

• Book ID: 104418897
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 55 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1369-7021
• DOI: 10.1016/s1369-7021(09)70016-1

✦ Synopsis

The A1R incorporates a resonant scanner with a resonance frequency of 7.8kHz that allows high-speed imaging at 230 fps (512 x 64 pixels). Moreover, the field of view of the resonant scanned area exactly overlaps that of the galvo scanner. The Nikon original optical clock generation method realizes high image quality even at the highest speed. The fiber-optic communication data transfer system can transfer data at a maximum of four Gbit/s. Because a non-resonant scanner and a resonant scanner are incorporated in one unit, photo activation and fluorescence imaging can be conducted simultaneously without a separate laser unit for photo activation. With a resonant scanner that can capture images at high speed, acquisition of rapid changes after photo activation is possible.