Optical Lenses
Optical lenses are components that focus or disperse a light beam toward or away from specific targets. Lenses are made from materials that are transparent across specific wavelength ranges depending on the application. Optical lenses can be crafted with various properties such as Plano-Convex or Bi-Convex, which focuses light on a point while Plano-Concave and Double-Concave diverges the light beams.
Aspheric lenses contain at least one surface that is neither cylindrical or spherical and are used to correct spherical aberration while chromatic lenses are used to correct color/chromatic aberrations.
Firebird also offers a number of custom lenses such as ball lenses, fresnel lenses, laser lenses and more.
Reach out to us at info@firebirdoptics.com for more information.
Plano-Convex Lenses (Singlet Spherical Lenses)
Plano-Convex Lenses (Singlet Spherical Lenses)
Plano-convex lenses are the primary way to focus parallel rays of light into a single point. These types of lenses are also referred to as positive or converging lenses.
Firebird Optics provides these lenses in UV (UV-grade fused silica), VIS (N-BK7 Optical Glass) and IR materials (CaF2, Sapphire and ZnSe) to cover a wide range of applications.
What you get with a Firebird Optics Plano-Convex Lens
Each lens goes through a thorough inspection process before leaving our factory.
Comes in several different materials: Optical Glass, UV Fused Silica, CaF2, Sapphire and ZnSe
Diameters ranging from 6.35-50.8mm.
Effective Focal Lengths (EFL) range from 12.7-200mm.
Comes with optional optical coatings on request.
Specs:
Lens shape: plano-convex
Surface quality: 20-10 scratch-dig
Surface flatness: λ/8
Surface accuracy: 1.5 λ
Chamfers Angle/Tolerance: 45° ±15°
Clear aperture: ≥central 90% of surface area
