89 North

LDI-WF Laser Diode Illuminator for Widefield Microscopy

The LDI-WF is a powerful and inexpensive light engine designed specifically for widefield microscopy. This unit offers the same seven laser lines in the same power range as 89 North’s successful LDI, but delivers the light to your microscope via a 3mm Liquid Light guide. The LDI has built-in homogenization and our 555nm or 577nm laser diodes covers the ‘green gap’ common in other solid-state light engines.

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The LDI-WF is a powerful and inexpensive light engine designed specifically for widefield microscopy. This unit offers the same seven laser lines in the same power range as 89 North’s successful LDI, but delivers the light to your microscope via a 3mm Liquid Light guide. The LDI has built-in homogenization and our 555nm laser diode covers the ‘green gap’ common in other solid-state light engines.

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High Output Power Shorter exposures
Faster imaging
Faster activation times in optogenetics and photoactivation experiments
Faster bleaching times in FRAP experiments
Feedback Controlled Optical Stability Quantitative imaging, ideally suited for ratiometric imaging
More repeatable optogenetics experiments
Up to 100:1 Linear Dynamic Range Ability to turn power down when needed and maintain stability and quantitative imaging
Up to 7 Lines Covers most of the standard fluorescence probes
No User Alignment Easy to use and maintain
TTL and Analog Control No need for software specific drivers
  • Spinning Disk Confocal illumination
  • Photoactivation/Photoconversion/FRAP
  • Optogenetics
  • Whole animal imaging

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