Clarity / ClarityHS
UPGRADE YOUR MICROSCOPE TO CONFOCAL
Introducing the Aurox Clarity, the compact, easy and affordable route to laser-free confocal imaging using your existing fluorescence microscope.
Clarity packs 15 years of Aurox confocal microscopy and optical technology into the World’s most compact, high performance confocal imager.
Fits most microscopes
and is easily moved
Designed to fit virtually any microscope, Clarity uses Aurox’s patented structured illumination technology and a spinning disc to achieve high resolution, high quality confocal images, fast, easily and affordably.
Clarity has a standard microscope C-mount connector and a range of coupling adaptors / spacers to fit historical and new microscope models from all major manufacturers.
The height of versatility and adaptability, Clarity is extremely compact, having dimensions 390 x 220 x 135 mm (WDH) and weighing <6Kg. It can be mounted on upright and inverted microscopes, left or right camera ports.
Connect your light source
LED and metal halide light sources supported.
Designed for use with LED and metal halide light sources, Clarity is free from laser safety restrictions and benefits from low photo-toxicity, low-bleaching, low maintenance and low cost of ownership.
Selected light sources are available directly from Aurox with your Clarity.
If you already have a light source then please refer to our full list of devices already supported by Visionary for use with Clarity.
Select your bandwidth
From a full range of filter cubes
Clarity incorporates an internal 4-position filter cube turret, accessed via an external door. The turret accepts Aurox’s custom sized filter cubes which incorporate both emission and excitation filters. These filter cubes are user exchangeable and quick and easy to replace by hand and without tools.
A wide range of Aurox filter cubes are available to cover the commonly used bandwidths, which include multi-pass quad band filter cubes.
Custom filter cubes can be produced for your specific research application needs.
Connect your camera
Connect sCMOS or CCD detectors
Clarity can be connected to a wide range of large format sCMOS and CCD cameras. Selected cameras can be purchased directly from Aurox with your Clarity.
If you already have a camera, a wide range are supported by our Visionary software for use with Clarity.
Supported detectors include:
- Hamamatsu ORCA Flash 4.0 V3
- Andor Zyla 5.5 USB3
- Photometrics Prime 95B
- Photometrics BSI
- PCO Edge 5.5 USB3
Easy to use with
Aurox Visionary software
Clarity comes with the Aurox Visionary device control and image acquisition software.
Fast and easy to use, Visionary presents all experiment set-up and device controls in one colour coded work-flow, under a single graphical user interface window.
Key features of Visionary include:
- z-stack imaging
- Mosaic image tiling
- Time-lapse & multi-channel multi-position imaging
- Confocal, wide-field & bright-field modes.
- 3 sectioning modes for optimised resolution or speed.
- OME-TIFF file format.
- One-click image export.
| Key specifications | Clarity | ClarityHS |
|---|---|---|
| Operating principle | Structured illumination, spinning disk. 3 grid densities for matching sectioning and throughput to objective and sample | |
| Confocality (PSF) | 3 sectors provide adjustable sectioning strength down to 0.6 μm (FWHM) with 1.4 NA oil immersion lens | |
| Widefield By-pass | Selectable mode completely removes disk from the imaging path | |
| Minimum exposure | 20 ms | 10 ms |
| Max frame rates | Up to 50 fps | Up to 100 fps |
| Imaging channels | 4 user-exchangeable cubes on an internal turret | |
| Channel switching time | <200 ms | |
| Excitation range | 370 – 700 nm | |
| Emission range | 410 – 750 nm | |