The invention relates to a filter device comprising a first filter carrier (10) with x first optical filters (11, 12) and a second filter carrier (20) with y second optical filters (21 - 23), wherein x and y each independently have a value of at least 2, and wherein the filter carriers (10, 20) are arranged to arrange one filter (11, 12, 21 - 23) of each filter carrier (10, 20) in a beam path of the filter device.Each first
optical filter (11, 12) allows light of a respective first
wavelength band (71, 72) to pass through, and each second
optical filter (21-23) allows light of x respective second
wavelength bands (81-86) to pass through, wherein the first
wavelength bands (71, 72) do not overlap, the second wavelength bands (81-86) do not overlap, and each first
wavelength band (71, 72) contains one second
wavelength band (81-86) of each of the second optical filters (21-23). An optical analysis device comprises a
light source, a sample carrier, and an optical sensor. The filter device is arranged in a beam path between the
light source and the sample carrier and / or in a beam path between the sample carrier and the optical sensor.In a method for operating the optical analysis device, a sample is arranged on the sample carrier, excited to
fluorescence by means of the
light source, and light emitted by the sample is detected by the optical sensor, whereby a
fluorescence analysis of the sample is carried out in x · y optical channels.