Specification | Comments |
Performance - see pdf | |
Fluorescence sensitivity | <75 molecules of equivalent soluble fluoroscein |
Fluorescence resolution | < 3% for PI labelled chick erythrocyte nuclei |
Forward and side scatter sensitivity | Sensitivity 0.2 um |
Forward and side scatter resolution | >35,000 events/sec |
Excitation optics | |
Optical platform | Fixed optical assembly, kinematic beam steering |
Lasers | 20mW Blue 488nm, 530/30nm; 585/40nm; 615/24nm; 675/30nm; 780/60nm. (5) 25 mW Violet 405nm 445/45nm; 530/30nm; 585/40nm; 615/24nm; 675/30nm; 780/60nm. (6) 20 mW 640 Red HeNe; 675/30nm; 780/60nm. (2) |
Emission optics | |
Optical Coupling | Fixed |
Fluorescence Detectors | 7 PMTs plus FSC Diode |
Seven fluorescence detectors | High performance, high dynamic range photomultipliers with filters |
Signal processing | |
Workstation resolution | Seven decades for peak detection |
Data acquisition channels | Fifteen acquisition channels with up to three time-displaced laser beams |
Dynamic range | 24 bit 7.2-decade logarithmic display |
Pulse processing | Height and area measurements available for all fluorescence parameters |
Time | Time available correlated to any parameter |
Channel triggering | Available on any laser signal |
Data management | |
Central processing | |
Data storage | 1 TB |
Monitor | 19-inch LCD monitor |
Software | ACEA NovoExpress |
Data File Structure | Flow Cytometry Standard 3.0 |