Optics & optical coatings

Guide

Lenses Selection Guide

These Lenses listed here are a single lens polished to a spherical shape different to multi-element lens for cameras or telescopes.
The performance is reduced to minimum with a wide range of applications at low cost.

Application Type of Lens Features Relevance information
Focus ・ Image formation
Focused laser beam Plano Convex Lenses Low cost. Small spot size. High performance product
→ Achromatic Lenses
Collimated light Spherical aberration is small. High performance product
→ Achromatic Lenses
Illumination Biconvex Lenses
Plano Convex Lenses
Compact. High numerical aperture. High numerical aperture
→ Aspheric Lenses
Image formation
(Microscope)
Biconvex Lenses
Plano Convex Lenses
Low cost.
Observation of a narrow field of view.
High performance product
→ Achromatic Lenses, Camera Lenses
Beam Shaping Diffusers
Beam expansion Plano Convex Lenses
+Plano Concave Lenses
Low cost. Low magnification. High performance products
→ Beam Expanders
Light sheet Cylindrical Lenses Low cost. Diverging beam uniaxial.  
Irregular beam Plano Convex Lenses
+Cylindrical Lenses
Varying the Beam Diameter and, Aspect ratio,
Beam Divergence Aspect ratio.