The Edmund Optics® Optics Spotlight Series (OSS) highlights innovative optical components. These industry-leading components offer unique fabrication methods and unmatched performance, making them ideal for the most demanding applications. With three simple questions, learn why they may be perfect for you. Need additional help? Please feel free to contact our engineering and sales teams.
What are achromatic cylinder lenses?
Achromatic Cylinder Lenses are types of doublet lenses consisting of positive low-index (crown) elements and negative high-index (flint) elements cemented together. The two materials are designed to work together to reduce spherical and chromatic aberrations. Achromatic Cylinder Lenses will have noticeable advantages over a comparable diameter and focal length singlet lens.
Why are achromatic cylinder lenses innovative?
Achromatic Cylinder Lenses are unique to EO and will create a 50 – 90% smaller spot, depending on the numerical aperture of the lens, when used with a monochromatic light source (such as a laser diode). Lens will minimize chromatic aberration, yielding focused lines with less color separation, or will produce brilliant anamorphic images, when used with a broadband light source.
In what applications are achromatic cylinder lenses used?
Achromatic Cylinder 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.
