Our Mission,
Our Beliefs
Our mission is to create innovative microscopy light sources for science and industry by combining the latest technologies with simple and intuitive interfaces.
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We want to reinvent the light source of your microscope.
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We believe that having the flexibility to select between millions of illumination colours might have a great impact on increasing the quality, contrast and resolution of microscopy imaging (e.g. optimal absorption at certain wavelengths, plasmonic effects, optimal excitation of fluorescent samples, etc).
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We consider that white light temperature dimming is very important and often overlooked. For example, in semiconductor imaging, if the white light is too warm, golden features and imperfections blend and they can be missed; if it is too cold, they can be bleached out. Also, in DIC (Differential Interference Contrast) microscopy, too warm or too cold white light might interfere with the DIC prism either reducing contrast or bleaching out the staining.
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​Last but not least, we really care about nature and health hazards. Therefore, we use only LEDs because we want to minimise the energy consumption and to increase the lifespan of the light sources. Unlike classic bulbs for microscopy, our illumination sources do not contain any hazardous chemicals such as mercury which is very toxic and it can lead to serious liver, kidney or CNS damage.
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Accurate and simple control of all light parameters in microscopy is our philosophy !
Our Vision
Simplicity is in the DNA of our products.
Powerful, easy and intuitive instrument control
Opened to your ideas, and to offer custom products
We Support the Environment
The world’s trend is shifting away from wasteful incandescent, halogen, mercury based or harmful fluorescent lights and increasingly adopting light-emitting diode (LEDs) technology, with the aim of reducing carbon emissions.
Mercury lamps, once widely used in microscopy, present a high health hazard. When a mercury lamp is switched on, the mercury inside the lamp is vaporised, under a high degree of pressure. In the unfortunate situation of the explosion of such a bulb, the toxic vaporised mercury would be lost in the room, exposing individuals and contamination the work surfaces.
Incandescent light sources cause excessive heat and comparatively to an LED source have a much shorter life. Simply, they waste energy in a huge way.
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We care about our environment!