Dual Adapt

The Dual Adapt is an accessory to allow two light sources to be physically connected to the fluorescence port of the microscope at the same time. This enables users to have a choice of either LEDs or mercury / metal halide without having to exchange individual source and re-align them.

Any CoolLED pE excitation source can be fitted to the port at 90 degrees with the mercury or metal halide attached to the in-line port. Switching between sources is simply achieved by moving a mirror between 0 and 45 degrees with a lever. The in-line port has an additional manual shutter to prevent the broad spectrum white light source from interfering when the LED source is being used.

For application requiring more than 4 LED wavelengths, two pE-2 systems can be fitted to the microscope using the Dual Adapt.  On this occasion, the switchable mirror is replaced with a dichroic mirror.