Frequently Asked Questions

Traditional spherical lenses cannot collimate light effectively because even small angles of incidence can produce spherical aberrations. Aspheric lenses have a non-spherical surface that allows a single component to effectively focus or collimate even highly divergent emissions, potentially replacing a multi-lens system with a single aspheric lens.

Custom aspheric lenses can be made in a range of sizes as small as 2mm diameter up to 100mm or greater, with focal lengths from 3mm to 1000mm or greater, centration of less than 3 arcseconds, surface figure of less than 0.1 fringes, and scratch/dig of less than 10/5. They may also be AR coated for UV/VIS/NIR and made from Schott glass or equivalent.

The LAQ1805 precision grade aspheric lenses have mounting options, can be edged to smaller diameters, and have special AR coatings available on stock lenses.

Precision aspherical lenses are used in applications such as beam focusing/collimation and imaging.

Aspheric lenses are used to correct spherical aberration in lasers and imaging.

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