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Iridian Announces New Optical Filters Designed for PCR Testing
Ottawa, Canada, Dec.14, 2020 In an effort to support the rapidly growing use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in rapid diagnosis of diseases such as COVID-19, Iridian Spectral Technologies has introduced a line of ultra performance optical filters specifically...

Iridian Welcomes India’s FII to Its Distributor Network
Ottawa, Canada, Nov.30, 2020 Iridian Spectral Technologies, Ltd. (Iridian) is pleased to announce that it’s long standing Indian distributor for aerospace filters, Futuristic International Inc (FII), is now available to address any and all Indian optical filter...

Germany’s IMM Photonics Join Iridian’s Distributor Network
OTTAWA, Ontario, October 20, 2020 - Iridian is pleased to announce that IMM Photonics GmbH, Unterschlei?heim, Germany has joined us as a distributor of our optical filter solutions.? IMM-Photonics has a long and successful history supporting its customers with custom...

Iridian Supplying Key Components for New COVID-19 Testing Kit
Iridian Spectral Technologies would like to congratulate Spartan Bioscience on obtaining Health Canada approval this week for use of the Spartan Cube for COVID-19 testing.? We are proud that Iridian’s optical filters are a key component in this instrument.

Letter from Iridian President Regarding COVID-19
Iridian Spectral Technologies is maintaining normal operations during this COVID-19 pandemic period. We continue our dedication to delivering your filters on time with the highest quality.
Our manufacturing capacity and lead times are unaffected; we have adequate supplies of raw materials onsite and have not been notified of any interruption in material supply from our key suppliers.

Iridian Expanding LiDAR Filter Capacity
Ottawa, Canada, August 26, 2019 – Iridian has recently expanded our filter capacity for LiDAR sensing application. Our Iridian LiDAR filters feature narrow bandwidth, higher transmission and low angular wavelength shift for wider AOI range.?For more information on...

Iridian Now Offers Hybrid GFFs
Iridian now offers Hybrid GFFs with additional optical capabilities. For example, it can block the pump laser from light in the range of approximately 980 nm or 1480 nm while providing gain flattening for signal light amplification without the need for an additional...

Datacom Filters
As data storage and computing resources enter the cloud, the demand for storage and data transfer capacity in the Data Center has increased dramatically.

Iridian Adding New Systems to Expand Optical Filters Solutions for Customers
Ottawa, Canada, Feb.19, 2019 – We are growing! Iridian has recently added new coating systems and processing equipment to significantly expand our capacity and capability to continue to provide technically and commercially leading optical filters to our customers. ?...
Iridian Addresses Air Line Pilots on Lasers
Iridian's Jason Palidwar addressed the Air Line Pilots Association, International Aircraft laser strikes are on the rise, despite public awareness campaigns in the United States and Canada to draw attention to this illegal activity and stiffer penalties for...