STED Platform

Leica Microsystems has introduced its STED platform TCS SP8 STED 3X. It achieves resolutions below the diffraction limit in lateral as well as axial directions. The platform offers the freedom to optimize resolution in all dimensions, and to choose the setting that optimally fits the scientific question.

The system is freely adjustable for best lateral resolution, best vertical resolution and smallest confocal volume. Additionally, it offers multiple depletion laser choices that open up the spectrum of visible light for confocal super-resolution and gives improved capabilities for research imaging. The investigation of subcellular architecture and cell dynamics in living cells is an exciting challenge in life science research. STED (Stimulated Emission Depletion) is the only purely optical microscopy technology that yields resolution of structures below 50 nm without data processing.