Newsletter | July 14, 2026

07.14.26 -- From Benchtop to Breakthrough: Overcoming Breadboarding Pitfalls

Why Is Etendue Important? The Hidden Key To Unlocking Optical Throughput

Etendue defines the ultimate performance limit in optical systems. Discover how optimizing the entire optical path—from light collection through detection—can increase imaging speed, maximize throughput, improve efficiency, and help achieve higher-performing optical designs across a wide range of advanced photonics applications.

 

Benefits Of Beam Shaping: Overcoming The Speed vs. Sensitivity Trade-off

Eliminate the traditional tradeoff between imaging speed and sensitivity with advanced widefield illumination. Achieve bright, uniform excitation across multiple wavelengths and field sizes, enabling faster image acquisition, improved signal quality, and consistent performance for demanding fluorescence imaging applications.

 

Key Specifications For Custom Microscope Objective Lenses

Explore the critical design specifications that shape custom microscope objective lens performance, including resolution, numerical aperture, field of view, aberration correction, and working distance. Learn how balancing these parameters helps optimize image quality, light collection, and overall system performance for demanding microscopy applications.

 

11 Common Breadboarding Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

The choices you make on the breadboard often become your product's biggest limitations. Explore eleven common microscopy design mistakes that can reduce image quality, delay development, increase costs, and create obstacles to successful commercialization and scalable manufacturing.

 

SOLUTIONS

A Practical Guide To Custom Illumination Solutions For Next-Generation Imaging

Wider fields. Faster scans. Higher irradiance. See how custom illumination modules are engineered to match the real demands of next-generation imaging instruments.

 

Melles Griot® High Power Laser Engines

High-throughput fluorescence imaging requires intense illumination. Advanced multi-wavelength laser diode light engines deliver high irradiance cost-effectively, maximizing efficiency for genomics.