
Chapter 2: Theory of Operation 55
Neutral Density Filters
Neutral density (ND) filters transmit a fixed percentage of light, reducing the
transmitted intensity of all wavelengths equally. ND filters are neutral with
respect to wavelength.
The ND1 filter on the BD FACSAria II allows approximately 10% of the light to
be transmitted. You can find the ND filter in front of the FSC detector. For
applications involving small particles (eg, bacteria or platelets), you might need
to remove the FSC ND filter. For applications involving large particles where
events appear off scale on the FSC axis with a gain of zero, a higher value ND
filter is needed to decrease the FSC signal and keep the events on scale.
The system comes with three ND filters: 1, 1.5, and 2. See Removing or Installing
the FSC ND Filter on page 232.
ND1
10%
100%
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