FLUOstar / POLARstar / LUMIstar OPTIMA Operating Manual
BMG LABTECH
14/23 0413B0001I
2007-11-19
4.2.4 Luminescence
Optics
The luminescence optic has one light guide, which is silver in colour. The light guide
connects to the emission side. To position the measurement head with the holders, see
section 4.2
Installation and Changing of Optics
.
There are two dedicated luminescence versions: one covering up to 96-
well formats, with a light guide that is 3 mm in diameter and one that
covers plate formats up to 384-well and this is 2 mm in diameter.
Figure
17:
Luminescence
optics
Regarding reagent injection: be careful when you position the needles in the measurement head (see figure
18), to avoid damage to the reagent needles as well as to the optic. The optional reagent injectors need to
be available
Figure 18: Holes to position reagent needles
For reading the luminescence, the luminescence option needs to be present.
4.2.5
Fluorescence Polarization Optics
The light guides for the fluorescence polarization
form a triangle at the base of the optic. When
positioning the measurement head, make sure the
measurement head is oriented so that it points
towards the front of the instrument (figure 19).
Figure 19: Top view: the fluorescence polarization
optic "points" towards the front of instrument.
Front of instrument
