Beam path of LSM 980 with Airyscan 2Emission light travels through the Twin Gate main dichroic beam splitter with its very efficient laser suppression to deliver supreme contrast. Then, at the secondary beam splitter, all emission light either travels via the recycling loop to the internal spectral detection unit (Quasar) with 3, 6 or 34 channels. Or, light is sent to the Airyscan 2 area detector with GaAsP technology.

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ZEISS LSM 980 with Airyscan 2

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The Airyscan PrincipleAiryscan 2 is an area detector with 32 concentrically arranged detection elements. This allows you to acquire more of the Airy disk at once. The confocal pinhole itself remains open and does not block light, thus more photons are collected. This produces much greater light efficiency while imaging. Airyscan 2 gives you a unique combination of gentle superresolution imaging and high sensitivity.

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Schematic Beam Path of ZEISSAiryscan 21. Mirror 2. Emission filters 3. Zoom optics 4. Airy disk 5. Airyscan 2 detector

Beam Path of ZEISS LSM 980

1. Solid state laser lines2. Twin Gate main beam splitters3. Galvo scanning mirrors4. Objective5. Pinhole and pinhole optics6. Secondary beam splitters7. Recycling loop8. Quasar detection unit9. Emission filters10. Zoom optics11. Airyscan 2 detector