ChronosBH™ Specifications

Instrument Features

• Compact and portable
• Interchangeable solid state light modules
• Full hardware automation using Vinci
• Full acquisition automation using Vinci
• Speed – complex decays are acquired in less than one minute

Measurements

• Single- and multi-exponential intensity decays
• Anisotropy decays (rotational correlation times)
• Time-resolved kinetics
• Time-resolved spectra
• Time-resolved FRET

Instrument Specifications

Light Sources

• Laser diodes (405, 436, 473, 635, 690, 780, 830 nm)
• Ti:Sapphire
• White and other pulsed lasers

Focusing and Collection Geometry

• Parallel beam design for most precise polarization measurements

Polarizers

• UV-grade Glan-Thompson, 10x10 mm, L/A=2.0
• UV-grade Glan-Thompson, 14x14 mm, L/A=2.0
• UV-grade Glan-Taylor, 10x10 mm, L/A=2.0 (for high power lasers)

Detectors

• Selected side-on photomultiplier tubes (PMTs)
• Multi-Channel Plate Detectors (MCPs)

TCSPC Modules

• Electrical Time Resolution down to 8 ps FWHM/5 ps rms
• Minimum Time Channel Width 820 fs
• Total useful count rate up to 4 MHz
• Measurement times down to 1 ms

Lifetime Measurements Range

• 10 milliseconds to 10 picoseconds

Computer and Operating System

• Intel-type CPU, Windows XP operating system

Power Requirements

• Universal power input: 110-240 V, 50/60 Hz, 400 VAC

Dimensions

• 540 mm (L) x 400 mm (W) x 330 mm (H)

Weight

• 26 kg

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