Fused silica cylindrical lens is a precision optical component designed for controlled beam shaping, efficient light focusing, and superior ultraviolet and infrared transmission. Manufactured from high-purity fused silica, it offers exceptional optical clarity, strong resistance to environmental degradation, and excellent thermal stability. This lens is widely used in laser systems, spectroscopy, aerospace applications, and scientific instrumentation, ensuring optimal light manipulation for advanced optical systems.
Product Overview
The Fused Silica Cylindrical Lens is made from high-quality fused silica material, featuring an amorphous structure that provides excellent high-temperature stability and a low thermal expansion coefficient. This lens is primarily used to modify the imaging size of a beam, converting a point spot into a line spot or adjusting the image height without changing its width. Its focal length can be either positive or negative, making it ideal for laser line generation, beam shaping, and ring-shaped laser output applications.
Key Features
- High Temperature Stability: Made from fused silica, this lens offers excellent thermal stability and a low thermal expansion coefficient, making it suitable for high-temperature environments.
- High Precision Design: Available in both positive and negative focal lengths, it precisely adjusts the shape and size of light beams.
- Versatile Applications: Can convert beams into different shapes to meet precise needs, such as laser beam shaping and other precision applications.
- High-Quality Manufacturing: The lens is made using advanced processing techniques, including glue disc polishing, high-speed polishing, annular polishing, and CNC polishing, ensuring high precision and quality.
Applications
- Laser Systems: Used for laser line generation and beam shaping, ensuring accuracy and quality in laser output.
- Optical Imaging: Applied in precision imaging systems to adjust image sizes and shapes.
- Laser Processing: Used in laser processing applications such as laser cutting, engraving, and marking for beam shaping.
- Beam Adjustment: Widely used in laser systems for beam focusing, divergence, and deformation.
Optical Property | Value |
Transmission Range | 0.18-2.1 μm |
Refractive Index (@0.5876μm) | 1.4585 |
Physical Property | Value |
Density | 2.21 g/cm³ |
Melting Point | 1900 ℃ |
Thermal Conductivity | 1.35 W/(m·℃) |
Thermal Expansion | 4.0×10⁻⁶ ℃⁻¹ |
Specific Heat Capacity | 0.728×10⁻³ J/(Kg·℃) |
Young's Modulus | 7.36 GPa |
Shear Modulus | 3.14 GPa |
Poisson's Coefficient | 0.17 |
Chemical Property | Value |
Solubility | Insoluble |