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Zeiss LSM 510 JPK AFM

About this microscope

Here you’ll find the hardware and capabilities currently recorded for this microscope. If you are planning an experiment, AIC Turku staff can help with access, training, and configuration choices.

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Zeiss LSM 510 JPK AFM microscope
Manufacturer
Zeiss
Model
LSM 510 JPK AFM
Stand
Inverted
Eyepieces
Trinocular
Location
BioCity, floor -1 (Basement)
Purchased
—
Funding
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Capabilities
These are the capabilities recorded for this microscope. Open the optical-route details below to see how the hardware is connected.
Confocal point scanningTransmitted brightfieldAFM
Methods and the light path that records them
Each method below is explicitly associated in the instrument record with the physical light path that implements it. An imaging mode or contrast method that appears above but not here has no recorded method-to-path mapping yet.
  • Point-scanning confocal: Confocal point scanning
  • Transmitted light: Transmitted brightfield
Modules
AFM Module Incubation


Software

  • Unknown
    Acquisition
    Role: Acquisition
    Version: Not documented

Hardware

Environmental control

  • Environmental Control
    controlled temperature
    Temperature control: Yes
    Notes: Incubation chamber (live-cell environment)

Light sources

  • 488 nm Laser Unknown Placeholder Laser
    Unknown
    Type: Laser
    Wavelength: 488 nm
    Notes: Placeholder excitation source.

Scanner

  • Galvanometric Scanner
    Type: Galvanometric Scanner

Detectors

  • Zeiss Unknown PMT
    Photomultiplier Tube
    Type: Photomultiplier Tube
    QE peak: 30%
    Notes: Placeholder detector.

Objectives

View this microscope's objectives in the catalogue

  • Placeholder 10x/0.3 AIR
    Unknown
    Model: Placeholder
    Magnification / NA: 10x/0.3
    Immersion: Air
    Correction: Plan Achromat
    AFC compatible: No
    Installed: Yes
    Notes: Placeholder objective.

Latest QC measurements

Laser performance

No recent laser-performance measurements are recorded.

Optical resolution (PSF and alignment)

No recent PSF or chromatic-shift measurements are recorded for these objectives.

Objectives without recent measurements
  • Placeholder 10x/0.3 AIR (placeholder_objective)

Information still to confirm

Some details in the facility record are incomplete. If any of these matter for your experiment, please check them with AIC Turku staff.

  • Details needed for this configuration:

  • Software version (software[].version)

  • Objective working distance (hardware.objectives[].working_distance)