Stories & Features

Edge Blackening is the application of a matte black paint to the edges of an optical filter to prevent stray light inside the filter from re-entering the light path outside the filter. Our existing and new Edge Blackening capabilities are now available for both high volume and smaller orders of catalog and custom filters. Learn more in this news story.
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To overcome the obstacles many imaging system designers face with spectral management, our experts created SearchLight: a free, intuitive, online plotting tool that gives you the power to optimize your fluorescence imaging system. Learn more.
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IDEX Health and Science is proud to announce our latest Semrock-brand optical filters are designed from the ground up specifically for Raman instruments. Experience low ripple and deep blocking close to the laser line for Raman applications with our new Semrock-brand optical filters, Verona.
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At IDEX Health & Science we are the market leader in providing “enabling” optical systems, vertically integrated from sensors, cameras, optical filters, laser, and optical components through system design, manufacturing, and metrology. We look forward to seeing you at Photonics West!
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IDEX Health & Science partners with Fudan University in Shanghai, China to teach a program that introduces college students to optics and their role in the life sciences. For the past two years, the course was held exclusively online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year’s return to in-person classes marked the tenth year IDEX Health & Science has participated. 50 eager students who were excited to get hands-on experience completed the course.
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IDEX Health & Science is the market leader in providing best-in-class solutions for maximizing throughput and resolution in Life Science instruments. Our expertise in system design, manufacturing, and metrology of imaging optics, cameras, and optical filters enables our customers to go to market faster with less risk.
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Share your best scientific images that express the art of fluorescence in our optics photo contest.
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Discover how our new spectral measurement system overcomes the shortcomings in conventional metrology systems and provides 3 key benefits.
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This summer, Laser Focus World hosted a virtual educational event focused on scientific advances, photonics research and development, and application solutions. A few of our imaging and illumination experts presented how every component and optical filter in a system impacts system-level performance. Watch the presentations below to learn more.
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No matter what approach you take to reveal the transcriptome or proteome of cells, capturing lots of data from precious samples demands multiplexed imaging. IDEX Health and Science (IH&S) understands the challenges of spatial biology and our Semrock-brand optical filters are designed with specific spectral features.
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