Re: Preamplifier for fast point-scanning

Posted by Craig Brideau on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Preamplifier-for-fast-point-scanning-tp7583344p7583386.html

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On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Peter Rupprecht <[hidden email]>
wrote:

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> @Craig: Are you possibly talking about this amplifier:
> http://www.hamamatsu.com/jp/en/C9663/index.html ? Are there any
> drawbacks, and can you compare it to other amplifiers?
>


Yes that's the one. It was neither worse nor better than the other
amplifiers I have encountered in commercial products, and it is
(relatively) inexpensive. You will need your own power supply for it, so
invest in a good quality, quiet supply. I used a pair of them with a very
early version of the Thorlabs resonant confocal scan head. I converted it
to a multiphoton and was able to get some decent calcium transient imaging
out of it.

Craig