Spherical & Achromatic Lenses0 pages

Spherical & Achromatic Lenses
Product Information
Spherical lenses are used in a huge number of applications for collecting, focusing and diverging the light. Achromatics
consist of two or three elements of different optical materials cemented together
to limit the effect of spherical and chromatic aberration.
Advantages
•t SCHOTT masters the entire value
chain from raw glass to spherical
coated lenses
•t Custom designed products at com­
petitive prices
•t Coating: all lenses can be coated to a
specific custom design
Materials
•t All types of optical glasses
•t Fused silica
•t Other materials on request

Examples of Products
•t Plano convex/concave
•t Bi-convex/concave
•t Achromatic doublets or triplets
•t Meniscus lens

Manufacturing Capabilities
Attribute

Commercial Quality

Precision Quality

Ultra Precision Quality

Diameter*

From 3 mm to 150 mm

From 3 mm to 150 mm

From 3 mm to 150 mm

Diameter Tolerance*

+ 0.0/0.25 mm

+ 0.0/0.1 mm

+ 0.0/0.05 mm

Thickness Tolerance*

± 0.20 mm

± 0.040 mm

± 0.020 mm

Centering Tolerance*

< 3 arc minutes

< 1 arc minutes

< 30 arc seconds

2λ

λ/4

λ/10

80/50

60/40

10/5

From 50 pcs to 50K pcs

From 50 pcs to 50K pcs

From 20 pcs to 20K pcs

8 – 10 weeks

8 – 10 weeks

8 – 10 weeks

Surface Accuracy*
Surface Quality (Scratch & Dig)*
Typical Order Quantity*
Delivery Time*

Version May 2013

* Depending on customer’s specification. Please call sales representative.

Advanced Optics
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Hattenbergstrasse 10
55122 Mainz
Germany
Phone +49 (0)6131/66-1812
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