In addition to high power and intense brightness, output power regulation is one of the many advanced control features incorporated in Lumencor’s next generation, solid-state illumination sources: SPECTRA, AURA, CELESTA, and ZIVA Light Engines. Output power regulation allows users to eliminate variations in light output due to temperature fluctuations and other environmental factors in photometric and quantitative imaging applications where reproducibility and accuracy are essential. To use power regulation, a desired power reference value in milliwatts is entered in the onboard control GUI, as shown in the attached link. To activate power regulation, simply click the padlock icon next to the reference power value. Gray shading of the padlock icon and the reference power value shows that power regulation is active for the selected output channel. When power regulation is active, the intensity setting for the channel is controlled by the onboard microprocessor, based on feedback from the light engine’s reference photodiode array. The microprocessor continuously adjusts the intensity setting so that the output power matches the power reference value set by the user.

Performance of the output power regulation feedback system of a SPECTRA Light Engine is illustrated below. The response time of the feedback system is approximately one second. To find out more about any of our microscope Light Engines or about power regulation, please contact us.