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Photonic Instruments offers modular fluorescence excitation and ablation systems that are compatible with commercially available microscopes and image acquisition and analysis software.

All Photonic Instruments' systems are available to Original Equipment Manufacturers with customized mechanical packaging, optical coupling, or software drivers for integration directly into their equipment or as a complementary offering in their product line.

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Three Mosaic and MicroPoint systems are available to most effectively accommodate application requirements and budget. Manual MicroPoint systems may be upgraded to Computer Controlled MicroPoint systems. Please contact Photonics Instruments for assistance in selecting a MicroPoint system.

  Mosaic Digital Illumination MicroPoint Computer Controlled Illumination and Ablation MicroPoint Manual Illumination and Ablation
Technology Digital micromirror device (DMD) Galvanometer beam steering system
Control Computer controlled with software supplied by Photonic Instruments or its partners 2 axis joy stick and manual z focus
Mask flexibility - shape, resolvable size, complexity Unlimited - multiple, diffraction, translucent, infintely complex shapes Near diffraction limited multiple spots Near diffraction limited single spots
Illumination of region of interest Yes, most complex geometries with highest precision Yes
Simultaneous illumination of multiple regions of interest Yes, zero delta time between regions No
Speed and throughput Highest, zero delta time imaging of multiple regions Moderate Lower
Molecularly selective ablation and illumination with one laser system No* Yes
Low cost wavelength modularity Cost effectively add wavelengths with Mercury lamp in field and cw laser in factory Most cost effectively add wavelengths in field with tunable laser
Compatible with point/slit scan confocal microscopy platforms Yes, via epi-port, C-mount and broad offering of adapters Yes, via multiple ports and broad offering of adapters
Compatible with spinning disk confocal microscopy platforms Yes, via epi-port, C-mount and broad offering of adapters Yes, via multiple ports and broad offering of adapters
Compatible with wide field microscopy platforms Yes, via epi-port, C-mount and broad offering of adapters Yes, via multiple ports and broad offering of adapters
Ruggedness & reliability Highest, based on semiconductor device High
Maintenance Lowest, semiconductor device, modular system independent of microscope Low, modular system independent of microscope

* Mosaic Digital Illumination System may be multiplexed with a Computer Controlled MicroPoint system for applications requiring both ablation and zero delta time fluorescence excitation.