Most standard microscope objectives are designed for general use, often optimized only for the center of the field of view (FOV), and may lack adequate color correction or repeatability for today's advanced imaging needs. IDEX Health & Science, through its Melles Griot brand, offers custom microscope objectives tailored to specific application requirements—delivering diffraction-limited resolution, wide FOV, and superior correction of wavefront errors, chromatic aberrations, and distortion across the entire imaging plane.
These custom objectives support high numerical aperture (NA), telecentricity, thermal stability, and high laser damage thresholds. They are built to perform consistently from prototype to high-volume production, ensuring reliability and precision in demanding environments. One case study highlights a customer whose next-generation instrument required better imaging performance than what a commercial 20X/0.75NA PlanApochromat objective could deliver. Melles Griot partnered with them to co-develop a custom solution with exceptional imaging quality, low distortion, and broad spectral and thermal performance—successfully enabling higher throughput, resolution, and accuracy.
With over four decades of experience, IDEX Health & Science provides complete design and manufacturing capabilities for custom optics used in semiconductor inspection, life sciences, metrology, and medical imaging. Their vertically integrated process ensures control over quality, performance, and cost, while accelerating time to market.
If standard objectives limit your imaging performance, Melles Griot custom optics offer a proven path to optimized solutions—reducing system complexity, enhancing overall performance, and meeting the most stringent application demands with unmatched repeatability and imaging precision.
