General Optics
Spherical Lenses
Construct high-performance optical systems for lasers, fiber optics, imaging, and illumination with precision components fabricated to your exact specifications.
Coherent has extensive optical fabrication and coating capabilities for producing spherical lenses of nearly any shape - plano-convex, bi-convex, plano-concave, bi-concave, meniscus, and achromatic - over a wide range of sizes and materials.
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Spherical Lens Capabilities
Specify the components you need for applications in life sciences, imaging, materials processing, defense, metrology, telecommunications, and more.
Spherical Lens Fabrication Capabilities Overview |
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Material |
N-BK7, Fused Silicon, or others as specified |
Diameter Range |
3 mm to 200 mm |
Surface Quality |
20/10 |
Surface Irregularity |
λ/8 at 632.8nm |
Beam Deviation |
<5 arc minutes |
Focal Length |
±1% |
Thickness Tolerance |
2.54 mm nominal |
Diameter Tolerance |
+0/ -0.10mm |
Clear Aperture |
Central 90% |
Centration |
<3 arc min |
Coating |
AR coating, HR coating, or metal reflective coating |
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