10-5 Scratch / Dig Cylindrical Lenses
Last Updated: April 1, 2025
Description
10-5 Scratch / Dig Cylindrical Lenses are precision optical components designed to manipulate light in one dimension. These lenses are characterized by their high surface quality, indicated by the 10-5 scratch/dig specification, which ensures minimal surface imperfections and high optical performance. They are typically used to focus or expand light into a line, rather than a point, making them essential in applications requiring precise light manipulation.
Working Principle
Cylindrical lenses work by focusing light from a source, such as a laser, into a straight line. This is achieved through their unique shape, which allows them to bend and focus light along a single axis. The ability to manipulate light in one dimension makes these lenses versatile tools for various optical applications. The high surface quality of 10-5 scratch/dig lenses ensures that light is transmitted with minimal distortion, enhancing their effectiveness in precision tasks.
Applications
Cylindrical lenses are widely used in several industries due to their ability to focus light into a line. Specific applications include laser projection, where they help in creating line images from point sources, and in laser scanning optical metrology systems for industrial inspection. They are also used in semiconductor manufacturing to circularize elliptical beams in wafer inspection tools and in life sciences for imaging and medical test instruments.
Advantages over other Cylindrical Lenses
The 10-5 scratch/dig specification offers superior surface quality compared to lenses with lower specifications, such as 20-10 or 40-20. This high-quality surface reduces scattering and absorption of light, resulting in clearer and more precise optical performance. This makes 10-5 scratch/dig lenses particularly advantageous in applications requiring high precision and minimal optical distortion.
Limitations
Despite their high performance, 10-5 scratch/dig cylindrical lenses can be more expensive to produce due to the precision required in their manufacturing. The need for high-quality materials and meticulous production processes can increase costs, making them less accessible for applications where budget constraints are a primary concern.
Considerations
When considering the use of 10-5 scratch/dig cylindrical lenses, it is important to account for the initial costs associated with their high-quality manufacturing. While they offer superior optical performance, the investment may be significant. Additionally, their durability and accuracy make them a reliable choice for long-term use, potentially reducing replacement and maintenance costs over time. However, careful handling and maintenance are essential to preserve their high surface quality and ensure continued performance.
from CeNing Optics Co., Ltd.
Custom Capabilities of Spherical and Cylindrical Lenses. Diameter: From 0.5mm to 300mm. Diameter Tolerance: +/-0.01mm. Thickness Tolerance: +/-0.01mm. Irregularity: 0.2, (PV: Lambda/20). Centration: 30 arc sec. Surface Quality: 10-5 S/D. Quality Facility Machinery: Polishing Machines. Grinding... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig
- Lens Application: Infrared (optional feature); Visible
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex (optional feature); Plano-Concave (optional feature)
- Focal Length: 2 to 5000
from Argyle International, Inc.
Argyle manufactures a wide variety of lenses. Custom designs including odd shapes, sections, and center holes are standard fare. Finish and accuracy from condenser to laser quality. Diameters from 0.5mm to 200mm. Surface finish to 10-5. Surface quality to 1/8 wave. Custom shapes. Spherical lenses. [See More]
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig
- Materials: BK7 Glass (optional feature); Crown Glass (optional feature); Flint Glass (optional feature); LaSFN9 Glass (optional feature); SF5 Glass (optional feature); SF11 Glass (optional feature); Calcium Fluoride (optional feature); Germanium (optional feature); Sapphire (optional feature); Zinc Selenide (optional feature); Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica (optional feature); Fused Silica, BaF2, Silicon
- Length: 0.5000 to 200
- Surface Flatness: λ/8
from Fairfield Crystal Technology, LLC.
OPTICAL COMPONENT MANUFACTURING. Fairfield Crystal provides component manufacturing for your most challenging designs and applications. Combined with our expertise in crystal growth our component fabrication team is able to manufacture highly polished single crystal lenses, prisms, wedges,... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig; 20-10 Scratch / Dig; 40-20 Scratch / Dig; 60-40 Scratch / Dig; 80-50 Scratch / Dig
- Materials: Calcium Fluoride; Zinc Selenide
- Lens Application: Infrared; Visible; Ultraviolet
- Surface Flatness: λ/2; λ/4; λ/5; λ/8; λ/10; λ/20
from Changchun Sunday Optics Co., Ltd.
Schmidt prisms are used to invert and revert an image to angle of 45 °. The 45 ° deviation makes Schmidt prisms useful in eyepiece assemblies and imaging systems requiring a path bend. The aluminized roof surfaces enhance the overall efficiency while the high accuracy roof angle tolerance... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig
- Surface Flatness: λ/10
- Materials: Germanium; Sapphire; Optical glass, UVFS, Germanium, Silicon, CaF2, MgF2, ZnSe ZnS, Sapphire
- Lens Features: Antireflection Coating
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]
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig; 20-10 Scratch / Dig; 40-20 Scratch / Dig
- Materials: BK7 Glass; Calcium Fluoride; Germanium; Sapphire; Zinc Selenide; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; Fused Silica, Cleartran, Barium fluoride, Magnesium Flouride, Silicon
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex; Plano-Concave; Convex-Convex; Concave-Concave
- Surface Flatness: λ/4
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]
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig
- Length: 3 to 250
- Lens Form: Plano-Convex (optional feature); Plano-Concave (optional feature)
- Materials: Germanium; Sapphire; Ultra-violet grade Fused Silica; CDGM, SCHOTT, OHARA, HOYA, MgF2, CaF2, ZnSe, ZnS etc
from Changchun Sunday Optics Co., Ltd.
Sunday Optics provides many kinds of roof prisms including Schmidt Roof Prism 、Lehmann Roof Prism 、Abbe Roof Prism 、Penta Roof Prism and Combined Roof Prism, etc. [See More]
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig
- Surface Flatness: λ/10
- Materials: Germanium; Sapphire; Optical glass, UVFS, Germanium, Silicon, CaF2, MgF2, ZnSe ZnS, Sapphire
- Lens Features: Antireflection Coating