The Elliot Scientific Optical Tweezer Range - Elliot Scientific - #1

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The Elliot Scientific Optical Tweezer Range World-class tools for Research and Education: we can supply complete systems or retrofit commercial microscopes E3500 Digital System E4100 QPD Force Measurement Unit The flagship Elliot Scientific E3500 with E4100 QPD is a computer controlled unit for multiple spot trapping, manipulation and force measurement. It is designed to be attached to high quality commercial instruments, upgrading them to Photonic Force Microscopes. The ease of use and flexibility of the system allow many optical trapping experiments to be undertaken. For example, cell sorting and microrheology (Biophysics), colloid research (Chemistry) and particle spectroscopy (Physics). Features • Independent control of multiple traps & arrays • Manipulation via AO-steered optics or XY stage • GUI for mouse control of optical traps • Z trapping using microscope focus stage • Linear or circular trapping arrays • Variable spacing and rotation • Attaches to camera or epi-fluorescence port • 1070 nm fibre laser with variable power • High speed camera • Mutiple Spot Optical Tweezer System Optical traps are created and positioned by mouse control in the easy to use software. These traps can be single spots, line arrays or circular arrays. The spacing, orientation and number of traps can be easily adjusted from the control panel in the software. Additional traps can be added or removed at any time without affecting existing traps. Multiple arrays and spots can also be manipulated totally independently of each other. QPD Force Measurement via the E4100 accessory (shown right) can be added to any of our optical tweezer systems. Powerful software can detect and measure the single trap stiffness of a captured particle. Most customers choose a separate probe beam, such as a HeNe or 633 nm fiber-coupled laser.