Leica TCS SP8 Dive Falcon Spectral Multiphoton/Confocal FLIM System
A spectral multiphoton and confocal system supporting fluorescence imaging, label-free imaging, lifetime imaging, photobleaching, and photo-switching workflows.
Microscope
Galvo and Resonant scanners with four tunable HyD hybrid detectors and TCS SP8 Falcon
Fast Lifetime CONtrast imaging.
Modalities
Inverted and up-right configurations with heated stage, Piezo focus, and multiphoton/confocal modes.
Microscope
- Galvo and Resonant scanners
- Four tunable HyD hybrid detectors
- TCS SP8 Falcon Fast Lifetime CONtrast, or FLIM
- 405 laser for photo-switching and optogenetic workflows
- 16x, 40x, 63x, and 100x objectives with Piezo focus, 300 um travel range
- Inverted and up-right modalities with heated stage
Lasers
- Spectra-Physics Insight X3 tunable 2-photon laser, 690-1300 nm
- Spectra-Physics Mai-Tai tunable 2-photon laser, 690-1080 nm
Capabilities
- Fluorescence imaging in multiphoton and confocal modes
- Label-free imaging using endogenous SHG and THG signals
- Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging, FLIM
- Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching, FRAP
- Photo-activation and photo-switching
