
Zeiss LSM 510 Meta Confocal Microscope Instructions
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Basic Image Acquisition
9. Click Laser, Config, Scan, and Stage buttons.
The four windows that open will generally be left open throughout your session.
10. Laser Control. We have three lasers: the Argon laser can produce four lines of excitation (458, 477, 488,
514 nm); the two Helium/Neon lasers each produce a single line of excitation (543 nm, 633 nm).
ONLY TURN A LASER ON IF IT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO COOL FOR AT LEAST 45 MIN
SINCE IT WAS LAST TURNED OFF (consult slip of paper left in front of Hg lamp power supply).
Turn on only the laser(s) you need (depending on the fluor(s) in your sample) by first highlighting the
appropriate laser(s) (click on it).
For the Ar laser, click Standby button and then, when Status reads Ready, click On button. Increase
Output (%) with slider until Tube Current reads 6.1 A. Hold down Ctrl on keypad while clicking
arrowheads at either end of slider for finer increments of change. Output (%) will be ~ 40-50.
For the two He/Ne lasers, once highlighted, click the On button.
11. Configuration Control: Single Track Option.
a. In general, if imaging:
a single fluor
or
two fluors with widely separated emission spectra (such that the
Ar and HeNe633 lasers will likely be used for excitation)
leave Channel Mode and Single Track selected. Otherwise, proceed
to step 12.
b. Click Config button.
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