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 plastic hybrid aspheric lenses?
Plastic Hybrid Aspheric Lenses are molded aspheric-diffractive lenses designed to eliminate chromatic aberrations caused by broadband light sources. Because they are an all-plastic, monolithic design, they are much lighter than comparable aspherized achromatic lenses. Also, they are available in higher numerical aperture designs than the aspherized achromatic lenses. However, they are limited by the inherent diffraction efficiency of the aspheric surface, yielding lower overall transmission than comparable aspherized achromatic lenses.
Why are plastic hybrid aspheric lenses innovative?
Plastic Hybrid Aspheric Lenses are unique to EO and feature diffraction-limited designs. The aspheric base eliminates spherical aberration, while the diffractive surface features a negative optical dispersion, yielding excellent color correction. Plastic Hybrid Aspheric Lenses won the 2010 Prism Awards presented by SPIE and Photonics Media in the category of Optics and Optical Components.
In what applications are plastic hybrid aspheric lenses used?
Plastic Hybrid Aspheric Lenses are ideal for imaging and ophthalmic applications and for use with tunable laser and broadband or multispectral illumination sources.
