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An achromatic cylindrical lens is a type of doublet lens consisting of a positive low-index (crown) element and a negative high-index (flint) element cemented together.

Achromatic cylindrical lenses reduce spherical and chromatic aberration at the image plane. When used with a monochromatic light source, they create a 50-90% smaller spot, and when used with a broadband light source, they minimize chromatic aberration, yielding focused lines with less color separation, or will produce brilliant anamorphic images.

Positive cylindrical lenses are ideal for applications requiring magnification in only one dimension. Typical applications include line generation with laser diodes, focusing a diverging beam onto a linear detector array, or using a pair of cylindrical lenses to collimate and circularize the output of a laser diode.

Achromatic cylindrical lenses are similar in design and function to a standard cylinder lens, but have the added benefit of reducing the spherical and chromatic aberration at the image plane.

An achromatic cylindrical lens is a type of doublet lens consisting of a positive low-index (crown) element and a negative high-index (flint) element cemented together. The two materials are designed to work together to reduce spherical and chromatic aberrations.

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