Optical Instruments
Precise mechanical movement and well engineered electronics have always been hallmarks of Sutter Instrument products. Our line of Lambda optical instruments delivers reliability and performance, and continues to evolve with a new generation of wavelength switching products and one of the widest ranges of accessories in the industry.
Optical Shutters
SmartShutter®
Stepper-motor driven shutter
The SmartShutter is designed to complement our growing line of optical products and sets a new standard for shutter performance and reliability. The SmartShutter is designed with only one moving part, which virtually eliminates the effects of wear and markedly improves performance.
Lambda SC
SmartShutter Controller
The Lambda SC is a full-featured microprocessor controlled shutter driver for the SmartShutter. It supports the same shutter command set used for our other Lambda controllers and offers enhanced performance through additional modes of operation.
Wavelength Changers & Filter Wheels
Lambda 421
Optical Beam Combining System
The Lambda 421 beam combiner is a new, patented, concept for combining separate light sources with different spectra into a single common output beam. Each separate light source is collimated before entering the optical path through a bandpass filter.
Lambda 721
Optical Beam Combining System
The Lambda 721 is a new concept for combining up to 7 separate LED cubes with different spectra into a single common output beam. The LED cubes contain the LED, collimating optics, and a filter. These LED cubes are easily exchanged and installed with no tools required.
Lambda OBC
Optical Beam Combiner
The Lambda OBC (optical beam combiner) is a new, patented, concept for combining separate light sources with different spectra into a single common output beam. The pentagon shape of the Lambda OBC was designed to keep the size of the beam combiner small and the optical path short and efficient.
Lambda VF-5™ /VF-1™
Tunable Filter Changers
Sutter Instrument has developed several filter changers specially designed for wavelength selection over a wide spectral range to any given nanometer value. The Lambda VF-5 & Lambda VF-1 provide outstanding bandpass characteristics such as high transmission (close to 100%), steep edges and out of band blocking.
Lambda 10-3
Optical Filter Changer
The Lambda 10-3 controls a variety of standard Sutter filter wheels and offers faster switching times, synchronous independent control of 3 filter wheels and 2 shutters (or 2 filter wheels and 3 shutters), and expanded communication interface options.
Lambda 10-B
Optical Filter Changer
The Lambda 10-B is a high performance, microprocessor-controlled filter wheel for imaging applications requiring a single filter wheel. The Lambda 10-B can operate with switching times as brief as 4 msec with our standard 25 mm filter wheel as well as our 32 mm wheel.
Light Sources
Lambda HPX-L5
High Power LED Light Source with Liquid Lightguide
The Lambda HPX-L5 is optimized for coupling to an optional 5 mm liquid light guide, and off-the-shelf microscope adapter. The HPX is expected to retain 70% of it's original light output after 60,000 hours.
Lambda LS
Stand-Alone Xenon Arc Lamp and Power Supply
The Lambda LS is a stand-alone illuminator consisting of a xenon-arc lamp, lamp housing, cold mirror and power supply in a single enclosure. This system eliminates a common failure associated with standard arc lamp designs.
Lambda TLED / TLED+
LED Transmitted Light Source
The Lambda TLED and TLED+ are stand-alone LED light sources that can be used with the transmitted light path of a microscope or in other applications with similar requirements.
Lambda FLED
Fluorescent Light Source
The Lambda FLED was designed as a high-power LED driver for fluorescence microscopy. Based on our proven TLED+ design, the FLED has been optimized for single-channel, high-current LEDs used as excitation light sources.
More Optical Imaging Solutions
Microscope Adapters
We offer a variety of adapters for our optical imaging solutions, including but not limited to:
- Sutter Instrument
- Leica
- Nikon
- Olympus
- Zeiss
We recommend discussing your adapter needs with our experts before purchasing.
OEM Solutions
Customization of our optical product line for unique applications is a specialty of Sutter Instrument. Our in-house expertise allows us to provide timely, cost-effective engineering and manufacturing solutions for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
Work in partnership with our engineers to design and develop a solution that meets your unique needs.
Need help finding the right product?
Whether you're looking for a quote, or unsure of which Sutter product best fits your application, our knowledgeable experts can help answer your questions, and customize systems to fit your needs.
Imaging Equipment Resources
For all Sutter product information, view our technical support resources.- Videos
- Product Manuals
- Software
- Engineering Support
Lambda 10-2
Lambda 10-3
Lambda 10-B
Lambda 10-C
Lambda 421
Lambda DG-4
- DG-4 Plus USB / DG-5 Plus USB Operation Manual
- DG-4 Plus / DG-5 Plus Operation Manual
- DG-4 / DG-5 Operation Manual
Lambda LS
Lambda XL
Lambda HPX
Lambda SC
Lambda VF-5
Xenon Bulb
LAMBDA SOFTWARE (Windows)
UTILITY
NEW Sutter Instrument Universal Lambda Utility
LAMBDA TEST is a universal demo/test program for testing communications and performance of the numerous Lambda products. (Lambda 10-3, SC, XL, 10-B, DG, VF-5 & 10-2)
Lambda_Test.zip > Download
DRIVERS
NEW V2.12.36: Sutter Instrument Unified Lambda USB driver
This new unified driver works for the following products: Lambda 10-B / Lambda 10-3 / Lambda SC / Lambda XL / Lambda VF / DG-4 with USB.
It will operate under the following Windows platforms:
Windows 10 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 R2 / Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 / Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 x64 / Windows 7 / Windows 7 x64 / Windows Server 2003 / Windows Server 2003 x64 / Windows Vista
SI Lambda USB Driver V2.12.36 > Download
CDM Driver Installation Guide > Download
LAMBDA SC - Utility programs are available for both serial (RS-232) and USB interfaces. There are two versions of the utility depending on whether you have a new LAMBDA SC unit with a switch or an older LAMBDA SC unit without a switch.
NEW LAMBDA SC UTILITY: This utility program is for use with newer LAMBDA SC units. It can be used with either the USB or serial interface and offers additional functionality and a new UI > Download
OLD LAMBDA SC UTILITY: This program is for use with older Lambda SC units.
- for use with serial (RS-232) interface > Download
- for use with USB interface > Download
FTDI USB Serial Driver – USB device driver for use with our Lambda products equipped with a USB interface (Lambda 10-3, 10-B, and SC). This version works with MacOS X. > Download
MacOS X Installation Guide – USB device driver installation guide for MacOS X provided by FTDI. > Download (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Lambda USB Test.Application v1.2 – a sample USB communication program for use with our Lambda products equipped with a USB interface (Lambda 10-3, 10-B, and SC). This version requires MacOS X v10.2 and above.
> Download
Lambda USB Test.Application v1.1 – An earlier version of the program which works with MacOS X v10.1 and above. > Download
Installation notes for the Lambda USB test application for Mac OS X.
> Download
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS DRIVERS
Certified LabVIEW drivers for the Lambda 10-B / 10-2 / 10-3 / SC can be obtained from the National Instruments website directly.
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- Lambda 10-3
- Lambda 10-2
- Lambda 10-B
- Discontinued Lambdas
- SmartShutter™
- Optical filter changers
- OEM filter wheels
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- Lambda 721
- Lambda LS
- HPX-L5
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- Lambda XL
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- Lambda DG-4/DG-5/DG-4 Plus