Innovations in Optics offers high-power LED Light Engines as excitation illuminators for large field-of-view fluorescent imagers used in life science instruments.
Specific OEM applications include life science instruments such as gel & Western blot documentation systems, real-time PCR thermocyclers, automated colony counters, chlorophyll fluorescence imagers, low-density microarray analyzers and small animal, in vivo fluorescence imaging systems. The LumiBright LE Light Engines feature patented non-imaging optics that direct LED light into a desired cone angle, while producing highly uniform output, both angularly and spatially.
The two standard far-field half-angles are 20 and 40 degrees. Available peak LED wavelengths range from 365 nm in the UV through 970 nm in the near-infrared. The light engines use state-of-the-art LED technology to meet the most demanding requirements involving fluorescence excitation. They support easy integration into OEM or end-user systems.
For OEM applications, the light engines provide intense and stable optical power, short warm-up time, high energy efficiency, low maintenance and long rated life. All models include a board-mounted thermistor for real-time temperature monitoring. Some models can also be supplied with a photodiode for feedback light control, and some can be fiber-coupled. Light engine system accessories include thermal management devices, wire harnesses and driver/controllers.