CO-DIRECTORS : MIRIANAS CHACHISVILIS, PHD & BENOIT MELCHIOR, PHD

Instrumentation

Steady State Fluorescence and Absorption:

• Fluorescence Spectrometers: Fluorolog 3 (Jobin-Yvon) and FluoroMax (Jobin-Yvon).
• Absorption spectrophotometer: Cary 3 (Varian, Inc.)

Microscopy:

• Zeiss LSM5 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope.
• Inverted Fluorescence Microscope: Axiovert 200 M (Zeiss)
• Multiphoton Fluorescence Correlation Spectrometer

Time Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging:

• Femtosecond Laser System for two-photon and time resolved microscopy (Spectra Physics, Inc.)
  • 11 W Pump Laser Millenia Xs with Tsunami Oscillator
  • OPAL Tunable Parametric Optical generator
  • Two Light Frequency Doublers
  • Pulse Selector: Model 3980
  • Multichannel Time Correlated Single Photon Counting Spectrograph