Lumencor SOLA

Description

Lumencor’s four-strong family of SOLA Light Engines are the market leaders in modern solid-state illumination for microscopy and other life science applications. Why tolerate the limitations of an archaic mercury or metal halide lamp on your microscope when such a reliable and technically superior replacement is readily available.  Lumencor’s solid-state replacement for the traditional yet unsustainable mercury-containing arc lamp is a step above. SOLAs satisfy the spectral requirement of a metal halide bulb and can be tailored to provide the wavelengths of import to your experimental needs. Lumencor can match or exceed the optical power of a lamp. And, our SOLAs offer a stable, cool, long-lived lamp alternative. Moreover, the solid-state SOLA has documented lifetimes on the order of 15 years with no replacement parts.  Before deciding if any LED alternative is worthy of your attention, consider some important technical challenges for your solid-state lamp purchase.  Can you gently and efficiently excite GFP while minimizing phototoxicity?  Can you collect adequate emission from the full spectrum of probes you use today and may need in the future?  Does it matter to you that Lumencor guarantees each Light Engine provides the same performance?  Do you care if your lamp response is linear in optical power?  Do you want a cool, quiet, consistent illuminator you can install and then essentially forget about for more than a decade?  All SOLA Light Engine models provide both manual and electronic control of light output on/off status and electronically controlled linear output intensity adjustment. The user interfaces for these illuminator controls are an optional control pod accessory or one of several supporting software packages on a USB-connected computer. SOLA Light Engines contain no parts requiring replacement or alignment, need no routine maintenance and have a typical working lifetime of ten years, far exceeding that of any microscope lamp.