LIGHTING ASSEMBLY FOR A LUMINESCENCE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, IN PARTICULAR A FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE, AND LUMINESCENCE ANALYSIS APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A LIGHTING ASSEMBLY

摘要

A luminescence analysis apparatus (1), in particular for fluorescence microscopy, has a lighting assembly (13) having a lighting unit (15) which includes a preassembled module (16) housed inside a housing (17); the module (16) is defined by a LED (18) mounted on a plate (19), and by an optical collimating element (20) connected integrally to the LED (18) and located in close proximity to the LED (18); the optical element (20) is a catadioptric collimator made of transparent plastic material and designed to internally convey and transmit the light emitted by the LED (18), so as to generate a substantially parallel beam of light rays which is directed onto a luminescent sample (31) for analysis.