BMS 631 - Lecture 6
J.Paul Robinson
Professor of Immunopharmacology & Biomedical Engineering
Purdue University
Optical Systems
optical geometry; light sources, laser illumination,
& other useful means; optics and shaping the incoming beam;
forward angle light scatter - what it is, why it is useful.
Side angle (90 degree) light scatter, what does it measure?
References:
Shapiro 3rd ed. 93-115
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Review
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Scatter - Rayleigh Scatter - directly proportional to property of the scattering molecule
called molecular polarizability (ie dipole formation), inversely proportional to the fourth power
of the wavelength of the incident light (blue light has highest scatter - thus blue sky!)
Scatter - Raman Scatter - (p 93 3rd ed) molecules undergo vibrational transitions at the
same time as scatter occurs- if is transition to higher level is known as Stoke's Raman
emission. Normally 1/1000th intensity of Rayleigh Scatter, but is significantly increased
when using lasers for excitation.. Raman emission of water at 488 nm excitation is around
570-590 nm.
Polarizations - E vectors - larger changes in E vectors not incident light plane; Mie
scattering - increased scatter in the forward angle for larger particles (1/4 wavelength to
tens of wavelength). (p89, 3rd ed)
Incident light, reflected light, transmitted light, refractive index - note the angle of incidence =
angle of reflection regardless of the material of surface. tt transmission angle depends upon
the composition of material according to Snell's law of refraction n1 sin Ti =n2 sin Tt
n1, n2 are the refractive indices respectively through which the incident beam passes (air = 1
essentially)
Brewster's Angle, chromatic aberration, filters, interference, band pass, dichroic,
absorption, laser blocker.
Fluorescence lifetime, polarization, fluidity, anisotrophy, resonance energy transfer,
quenching, bleaching (p82 3rd ed)
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Learning Objectives
• Understand basic principles of light propagation
• Understand how image formation, numerical
aperture and absorption impact instrument design
• Observe different instrument configurations for
optical paths
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of
each design
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Instrument Optical Paths
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Coulter Systems
B-D Systems
Bryte System (Harald Steen)
Dako-Cytomation systems
Partec Systems
Amnis System
Multispectral systems (Purdue)
Other
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Light Propagation &
Vergence
• Considering a point source emission of light, rays
emanate over 4pi steradians
• Rays diverge (because the come from a point source
• Vergence is measured in diopters
Shapiro p 93
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Image Formation
• Object plane - (originating image)
• Image plane - inverted real image
• A real image is formed whenever rays
emanating from a single point in the object
plane again converge to a single point
Shapiro p 94
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Numerical Aperture
• Resolving power is directly related to numerical
aperture.
• The higher the NA the greater the resolution
• Resolving power:
The ability of an objective to resolve two distinct lines
very close together
NA = n sin m
– (n=the lowest refractive index between the object and
first objective element) (hopefully 1)
– m is 1/2 the angular aperture of the objective
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Numerical Aperture
• The wider the angle the lens is
capable of receiving light at, the
greater its resolving power
• The higher the NA, the shorter the
working distance
Shapiro p 96
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Signal collection from the
flow chamber
Collection angle
Sheath
Fluorescence collection
Flow core
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Refraction
Short wavelengths are “bent”
more than long wavelengths
dispersion
Light is “bent” and the resultant colors separate (dispersion).
Red is least refracted, violet most refracted.
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Some Definitions
• Absorption
– When light passes through an object the intensity is reduced
depending upon the color absorbed. Thus the selective
absorption of white light produces colored light.
• Refraction
– Direction change of a ray of light passing from one transparent
medium to another with different optical density. A ray from
less to more dense medium is bent perpendicular to the
surface, with greater deviation for shorter wavelengths
• Diffraction
– Light rays bend around edges - new wavefronts are generated
at sharp edges - the smaller the aperture the lower the
definition
• Dispersion
– Separation of light into its constituent wavelengths when
entering a transparent medium - the change of refractive index
with wavelength, such as the spectrum produced by a prism or a
rainbow
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Some Definitions
• Absorption
– When light passes through an object the intensity is reduced
depending upon the color absorbed. Thus the selective
absorption of white light produces colored light.
• Refraction
– Direction change of a ray of light passing from one transparent
medium to another with different optical density. A ray from
less to more dense medium is bent perpendicular to the
surface, with greater deviation for shorter wavelengths
• Diffraction
– Light rays bend around edges - new wavefronts are generated
at sharp edges - the smaller the aperture the lower the
definition
• Dispersion
– Separation of light into its constituent wavelengths when
entering a transparent medium - the change of refractive index
with wavelength, such as the spectrum produced by a prism or a
rainbow
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Absorption Chart
Color in white light
Color of light absorbed
red
blue
green
blue
green
red
red
green
yellow
blue
blue
magenta
green
cyan
black
red
red
green
gray
pink
green
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blue
blue
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Light absorption
Control
Absorption
No blue/green light
red filter
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Technical Aspects of Flow
Cytometry
• Illumination Sources
Lamps
Xenon
Mercury
Lasers
Argon Ion (Ar)
Krypton (Kr)
Helium Neon (He-Ne)
Helium Cadmium (He-Cd)
YAG
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Elite Cytometer with 4 Lasers
353 nm
325 nm
488 nm
633 nm
UV\Beam Splitter
He-Cd Laser 325/441
395 longPass
Argon Laser 353/488 nm
(High speed sorting)
633 Beam Splitter
He-Ne Laser 633 nm
Argon Laser 488 nm
Mirror
Optical bench
Height Translators
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Elite Cytometer with 4 Lasers
He-Cd laser
Santa clause
Air-cooled argon
laser
Water cooled
argon laser
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Optical Design
PMT 5
PMT 4
Sample
PMT 3
Flow cell
Dichroic
Filters
Scatter
Sensor
PMT 2
PMT 1
Laser
Bandpass
Filters
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Coulter Optical System - Elite
PMT4
PMT2
PMT3
PMT1
555 - 595
575 BP
525 BP
488 BP
655 - 695
L
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488 BK
632 BP
675 BP
PMT5
L
D
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APC
PMT6
TM
PMT7
• The Elite optical
system uses 5 side
window PMTs and a
number of filter
slots into which any
filter can be
inserted
Purdue Cytometry Labs
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Coulter Light path
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Coulter Optical System - Elite
Empty PMT
slot
PMTs
Dichroic filter slot
Light Scatter
Detector
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Older B-D Instruments
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B-D Optical Pathway
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B-D light collection systems
ARIA has this entire system
LSR has similar to this
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Detection Systems
Bio-Rad Bryte HS
PMTs
Light source
Fluorescence
emission
filters
Excitation dichroic
filter
Fluorescence Detectors and Optical Train
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Fluorescence
signal
viewing
telescope
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Forward Angle
Scatter PMT
Lamp
Housing
“Red”PMT
Large Angle
Scatter PMT
Sample Inlet
“Orange” PMT
Emission
Filter
Block
Emission
FilterBlock
“Green” PMT
Slit
Slit
Retractable
Mirror
Ocular
Microscope
Objective
Microscope Excitation
Objective Filter
Block
The Bryte Optical Layout
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Retractable
Mirror
Ocular
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Bryte HS Optical System
Cells
Scatter Objective
Light
Cover Glass
Fluorescence
Objective
Water
Flow
Dark
Xenon Light
Field
Light
Focus
Water
Flow
Dark Spot
Immersion Oil
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Dako-Cytomation optical
pathway
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Partec Systems
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Partec Systems
Document from Dr. Andrea Cossarizza, Univ Modena, Italy
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Multilaser optical path – Partec system
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Partec Multicolor System
Document from Dr. Andrea Cossarizza, Univ Modena, Italy
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Amnis System
Image from Amnis web site – www.amnis.com
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Amnis System
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Amnis System
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Cytopea
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Cytopea
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Multispectral System (Purdue)
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Multispectral System (Purdue)
Hamamatsu 32 Ch PMT
System can use a
grating, or prism or
other optical component
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Multispectral System (Purdue)
Analytical Issues – more advanced processes are required
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Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the lecture you should
have Understood the following:
• Understand basic principles of light propagation and
collection in multiple cytometry systems
• Understand how image formation, numerical aperture and
absorption impact instrument design
• Observe different instrument configurations for optical
paths
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of each
design
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Summary Slide
• Light propagation and image planes
• We use optical filters to separate the
spectrum
• Each cytometer has a different optical
train
• PMTs are used for signal collection
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