UV Grade Fused Silica Cylindrical Lenses
Last Updated: April 1, 2025
Description
UV Grade Fused Silica Cylindrical Lenses are optical components designed to focus or expand light in one dimension. They are crafted from UV fused silica, a type of glass known for its high purity and excellent transmission properties across a wide range of wavelengths, from ultraviolet to near-infrared. These lenses are typically used to manipulate light into a line or to change the aspect ratio of an image.
Working Principle
The working principle of UV Grade Fused Silica Cylindrical Lenses involves their ability to focus light along a single axis. This is achieved through their unique cylindrical shape, which allows them to condense or expand light into a line rather than a point. The high transmission and low absorption characteristics of UV fused silica make these lenses particularly effective in applications requiring precise light manipulation. Their low coefficient of thermal expansion ensures stability and accuracy, even under varying temperature conditions.
Applications
UV Grade Fused Silica Cylindrical Lenses are used in a variety of specific applications. For instance, they are employed in laser projection systems to focus laser beams into a line. They are also used in microscopy, particularly in confocal microscopy, to shape laser beams and correct aberrations, thereby improving the signal-to-noise ratio in fluorescence microscopy. Additionally, these lenses are utilized in illuminating slit and line detector arrays, where precise light shaping is crucial.
Advantages over other Cylindrical Lenses
One of the primary advantages of UV Grade Fused Silica Cylindrical Lenses over other types is their superior transmission range, which extends from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared region. This makes them suitable for a broader range of wavelengths compared to lenses made from materials like BK7 or borosilicate glass. Furthermore, their low absorption coefficient minimizes thermal effects, reducing the risk of lens distortion or damage. The high resistance to thermal shock enhances their durability and reliability in demanding environments.
Limitations
Despite their advantages, UV Grade Fused Silica Cylindrical Lenses have limitations. They can be more expensive than lenses made from other materials due to the high purity and specialized manufacturing processes required. Additionally, while they offer excellent thermal stability, they may not be suitable for applications requiring extreme mechanical strength or resistance to physical impact.
Considerations
When considering UV Grade Fused Silica Cylindrical Lenses, it is important to account for initial costs, which can be higher due to the material and manufacturing precision involved. However, their durability and low maintenance requirements can offset these costs over time. The lenses' accuracy and stability make them a worthwhile investment for applications where precision is critical. Replacement and maintenance costs are generally low, given their resistance to thermal and environmental stress.
from Changchun Yutai Optics Co., Ltd.
Fused silica has good transmission in the ultraviolet (UV), visible (VIS), and near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths, and especially excels in the deep ultraviolet (DUV) wavelengths. Fused silica has an extremely low coefficient of thermal expansion, making it suitable for high temperatures or... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Surface Quality: 40-20 Scratch / Dig
- Lens Application: Ultraviolet
- Surface Flatness: λ/4
from Suzhou Jiujon Optics Co., Ltd
Laser-grade plano-convex lenses are among the most commonly used optical components in a wide range of applications requiring control of laser beams. These lenses are commonly used in laser systems for beam shaping, collimation, and focusing to achieve specific results, such as cutting or welding... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Lens Application: Ultraviolet
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex
- Surface Quality: 40-20 Scratch / Dig
from CASTECH, Inc.
Note: Other sizes and focal length are available upon request. Also the lens ring mounts are available upon request. [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Length: 50.8
- Lens Form: Plano-Concave
- Width: 19
from CRYSTECH, Inc.
CRYSTECH is dedicated to manufacturing high precision spherical lens for solid-state leaser systems. We have over 20 years of experience in lens manufacturing, design, and coating. We provide these lenses with the material of BK7, fused silica, sapphire, CaF2, ZnSe(ZnS) and other glass raw material. [See More]
- Materials: BK7 Glass; Calcium Fluoride; Sapphire; Zinc Selenide; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Lens Application: Infrared; Visible
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex; Plano-Concave; Convex-Convex; Concave-Concave
- Surface Flatness: λ/2 (optional feature); λ/4
from Newport MKS
The CSV100AR.10 Plano-Concave Cylindrical Lens is a 245 to 440 nm anti-reflection coated, fused silica plano-concave cylindrical lens with a 2 inch (50.8 mm) length and a 1 inch (25.4 mm) width and an effective focal length of -100 mm. It is designed to meet the demanding requirements of laser... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; UV Grade Fused Silica
- Focal Length: -102
- Lens Form: Plano-Concave; Plano-Concave
- Center Thickness: 2.5
from CASTECH, Inc.
Note: Other sizes and focal are available upon request. Also the lens ring mounts are available upon request. [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Length: 50.8
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex
- Width: 25.4
from Newport MKS
The CSV150AR.10 Plano-Concave Cylindrical Lens is a 245 to 440 nm anti-reflection coated, fused silica plano-concave cylindrical lens with a 2 inch (50.8 mm) length and a 2 inch (50.8 mm) width and an effective focal length of -150 mm. It is designed to meet the demanding requirements of laser... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; UV Grade Fused Silica
- Focal Length: -152
- Lens Form: Plano-Concave; Plano-Concave
- Center Thickness: 2.5
from Newport MKS
The CSX025AR.33 Plano-Convex Cylindrical Lens is a 1064 nm anti-reflection coated, fused silica, plano-convex cylindrical lens with a 2 inch (50.8 mm) length, a 19.0 mm width and an effective focal length of 25.4 mm. It is designed to meet the demanding requirements of laser electro-optic... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; UV Grade Fused Silica
- Focal Length: 20.2
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex; Plano-Convex
- Center Thickness: 7.88
from Newport MKS
The CSX100AR.33 Plano-Convex Cylindrical Lens is a 1064 nm anti-reflection coated, fused silica, plano-convex cylindrical lens with a 2 inch (50.8 mm) length, a 1 inch (25.4 mm) width and an effective focal length of 100 mm. It is designed to meet the demanding requirements of laser electro-optic... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; UV Grade Fused Silica
- Focal Length: 92.98
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex; Plano-Convex
- Center Thickness: 4.79
from Newport MKS
The CSX150AR.33 Plano-Convex Cylindrical Lens is a 1064 nm anti-reflection coated, fused silica, plano-convex cylindrical lens with a 2 inch (50.8 mm) length, a 2 inch (50.8 mm) width and an effective focal length of 150 mm. It is designed to meet the demanding requirements of laser electro-optic... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; UV Grade Fused Silica
- Focal Length: 145
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex; Plano-Convex
- Center Thickness: 7.85
from Newport MKS
The CSX12 Plano-Convex Cylindrical Lens is an uncoated, 12.50 mm diameter, UV Fused Silica plano-convex cylindrical lens with an effective focal length of 50.00 mm. It is designed to meet the demanding requirements of laser electro-optic applications. [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; UV Grade Fused Silica
- Focal Length: 48.63
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex; Plano-Convex
- Center Thickness: 2
from UNI OPTICS(Fujian) Co., Ltd
Plano-concave rectangular cylindrical lenses provide uni- axial negative imaging for anamorphic beam expansion and a wide range of applications.These lenses may also be used as mirror blanks if a concave cylindrical surface mirror is required. [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Length: 10 to 40
from Edmund Optics Inc.
Focuses Collimated Light into a Line. Available in Diameters as Small as 1mm. N-BK7 and Fused Silica Substrate Options. TDesigned for use in a variety of laser and imaging systems, these components are available in a range of micro sizes for integration into a host of OEM applications. Custom sizes,... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Surface Quality: 40-20 Scratch / Dig
- Length: 1
from MOK Optics Co., Ltd.
Cylindrical lenses are designed for applications requiring one-dimensional shaping of a light source. They are offered in either plano-concave or plano-convex configurations, which are meant to expand or focus light, respectively. [See More]
- Materials: Germanium; Sapphire; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; CDGM, SCHOTT, OHARA, HOYA, MgF2, CaF2, ZnSe, ZnS etc
- Length: 3 to 250
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex (optional feature); Plano-Concave (optional feature)
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig
from Rainbow Research Optics, Inc.
Cylindrical lenses are designed for applications requiring one-dimensional shaping of a light source. They are offered in either plano-concave or plano-convex configurations, which are meant to expand or focus light, respectively. Your One-Stop Source for Cylindrical Lenses. From prototype to... [See More]
- Materials: BK7 Glass; Calcium Fluoride; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; VUV CaF2
- Lens Application: Infrared; Visible; Ultraviolet
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex (optional feature); Plano-Concave (optional feature)
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
from Intrinsic Crystal Technology Co., Ltd. (ICC)
A cylindrical lens is typically used to focus, condense or expand incoming light. A cylindrical lens has one cylindrical surface, causing light to be focused in a single dimension or axis. It can also be used to expand the output of a laser diode into a symmetrical beam. ICC supply various kinds... [See More]
- Materials: BK7 Glass; Calcium Fluoride; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; Silicon, Other
- Lens Application: Infrared; Visible; Ultraviolet
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex; Plano-Concave; Convex-Convex; Concave-Concave
- Length: 1.2 to 350
from EKSMA OPTICS
These lenses are symmetrical with equal radii on both sides. The biconcave lenses are often used to expand light beams or to increase focal lengths in optical systems, and are normally used in combination with other lenses. Among the many devices utilising biconcave lenses are laser beam expanders,... [See More]
- Materials: BK7 Glass; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Focal Length: 12.5 to 500
- Lens Form: Concave-Concave
- Center Thickness: 1.7 to 4.8
from Rocky Mountain Instrument/RMI Laser
Cylindrical Lenses focus incoming light in one dimension only, such as in transforming a point image into a line image or changing the height of an image without changing its width or vice versa. RMI Cylindrical Lenses are designed per customer wavelength. Both sides can be coated with an RMI high... [See More]
- Materials: BK7 Glass; Calcium Fluoride; Germanium; Sapphire; Zinc Selenide; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; Fused Silica, Cleartran, Barium fluoride, Magnesium Flouride, Silicon
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig; 20-10 Scratch / Dig; 40-20 Scratch / Dig
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex; Plano-Concave; Convex-Convex; Concave-Concave
- Surface Flatness: λ/4
from HG Optronics, Inc.
Laser Lenses are used to focus collimated light from laser beams in a variety of laser applications. Laser Lenses include a range of lens types including HGQ Lenses, Cylinder Lenses, or Laser Generator Lenses. Laser Lenseare designed to focus light in several different ways depending on the lens... [See More]
- Materials: Calcium Fluoride; Germanium; Sapphire; Zinc Selenide; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; Optical colorless glass, Fused Silica, CaF2, Sapphire, Germanium, Silicon, ZnSe, ZnS, etc.
- Lens Form: Convex-Convex (optional feature); Concave-Concave (optional feature)
from ECOPTIK (CHANGCHUN) LTD
Rod Lenses are polished on the circumference and ground on both ends. Optical performance is similar to a cylinder lens. Collimated light passing through the diameter of the rod lens will be focused into a line. optical glass and UV Fused Silica substrates are available for a variety of UV, Visible... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; Optical Glass
- Lens Application: Infrared; Visible; Ultraviolet
from UNI OPTICS(Fujian) Co., Ltd
Plano-convex rectangular cylindrical lenses are useful for line imaging or uni-axial magnification in a wide range of applications. These lenses may be combined with other lenses to form complex imaging systems. [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Length: 10 to 40
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex
from EKSMA OPTICS
These simplest form lenses have flat surface on one side and spherical surface on the other. They are widely used in telescopes, microscopes, collimators, optical transceivers, magnifiers, condenser systems and eyepieces. Plano convex lens made of BK7, UV FS (UV grade Fused Silica), CaF2 (Calcium... [See More]
- Materials: BK7 Glass (optional feature); Calcium Fluoride (optional feature); Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Focal Length: 20 to 10000
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex
- Center Thickness: 2.1 to 12.3
from HG Optronics, Inc.
Rod Lenses are used for fiber coupling and laser diode beam shaping, lenses with a 0mm working distance are ideal for collimation of single and multi-mode optical fibers and laser diodes because the lens can be positioned and glued directly to the emission source. For focusing applications, or in... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; Schott, Ohara, CDGM, Corning Fused Silica and JGS1
- Surface Quality: 40-20 Scratch / Dig
- Length: 1 to 15
- Surface Flatness: λ/4
from EKSMA OPTICS
Plano-convex axicons have one conical and one plano surface. Axicons can be defined by their apex angle. Conical lenses are used to transform the light into a ring or to create an approximation of non-diffractive Bessel beam from collimated Gaussian beam in the near field. A combination of axicons... [See More]
- Materials: BK7 Glass; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Length: 25.4 to 30
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex
- Surface Quality: 40-20 Scratch / Dig; 60-40 Scratch / Dig
from HG Optronics, Inc.
Plano-concave rectangular cylindrical lenses provide uni- axial negative imaging for anamorphic beam expansion and a wide range of applications.These lenses may also be used as mirror blanks if a concave cylindrical surface mirror is required. 2.1 、Why is cylindrical lens used?. A cylindrical... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; Optical glass,Fused silica
- Surface Quality: 40-20 Scratch / Dig
- Lens Form: Plano-Concave
from EKSMA OPTICS
These lenses are used in laser scanners, spectroscopy, dye lasers, acousto-optics, optical processors and other similar applications. They are the best for circularization of diode laser outputs. Earlier remarks made about plano-convex and plano-concave spherical lenses, with regard to aberrations... [See More]
- Materials: BK7 Glass; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Focal Length: 15 to 500
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex
- Center Thickness: 1.4 to 3.8
from HG Optronics, Inc.
Plano-convex rectangular cylindrical lenses are useful for line imaging or uni-axial magnification in a wide range of applications. These lenses may be combined with other lenses to form complex imaging systems. 4.1. Why are Plano-conves Retangular Cylindrical lenses used?. Plano-convex rectangular... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; Optical glass, Fused silica
- Surface Quality: 40-20 Scratch / Dig
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex
from EKSMA OPTICS
These lenses are thicker at the edge than in the centre and flat on one side. The plano-concave lenses are used to expand light beams or to increase focal lengths in optical systems. They are often employed for beam expansion of high peak power pulsed lasers. A beam incident on a concave surface... [See More]
- Materials: BK7 Glass; Calcium Fluoride; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Focal Length: 25 to 5000
- Lens Form: Plano-Concave
- Center Thickness: 1.3 to 4.7
from EKSMA OPTICS
These lenses are used to focus light to a thin line in laser scanners, spectroscopy, dye lasers, acousto-optics, optical processors and other similar applications. They are the best for circularization of diode laser outputs, energy collection for linear detectors or for coupling to a slit input. [See More]
- Materials: BK7 Glass; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Focal Length: 15 to 1500
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex
- Center Thickness: 2.2 to 10
from EKSMA OPTICS
Biconvex lenses are all symmetrical, having equal radii on both sides. They are recommended for virtual imaging of real objects, and for positive conjugate ratios from 0.2 up to 5. Outside of this ratios range plano-convex lenses are usually more suitable. Biconvex lenses are used as magnifiers,... [See More]
- Materials: Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica
- Focal Length: 12.7 to 1000
- Lens Form: Convex-Convex
- Center Thickness: 2.2 to 16.2