Zinc sulfide crescent lens is a precision optical component designed for specialized light refraction, beam manipulation, and enhanced image correction. Manufactured from high-purity ZnS, it offers exceptional optical clarity, minimal distortion, and excellent transmission across infrared wavelengths. This uniquely shaped lens is widely used in imaging systems, laser optics, industrial applications, and scientific research, ensuring superior optical performance for advanced optical configurations.
Product Overview
The Zinc Sulfide Crescent Lens is a special optical element made from high-purity Zinc Sulfide (ZnS) material, featuring a crescent shape with one convex and one concave surface. This lens exhibits excellent optical performance across multiple spectral ranges, including near-infrared, mid-infrared, and far-infrared. With its precise shape and efficient optical properties, it is widely used in applications such as LiDAR, optical sensors, and spectrometers.
Key Features
- Superior Optical Transmission: Offers high transmission, especially in the infrared spectral range.
- Chemical Stability: ZnS has excellent chemical stability, making it suitable for use in various environmental conditions.
- Mechanical and Thermal Properties: With moderate mechanical strength and good thermal stability, ZnS ensures lens stability under high temperatures and harsh environments.
- Reduced Aberrations: The ZnS Crescent Lens effectively minimizes spherical aberrations, delivering clearer imaging.
- Precision Manufacturing: Precision machining and polishing techniques are employed during manufacturing to ensure superior surface quality and optical performance.
Applications
- LiDAR Systems: Used as an optical element for beam focusing or collimation in LiDAR systems.
- Optical Sensors: Widely used in optical sensor systems, providing precise beam handling capabilities.
- Spectrometers: Serves as a key optical component in infrared spectrometers, ensuring efficient transmission and reflection performance.
- High-Precision Imaging Systems: Reduces aberrations, improving imaging quality for high-precision imaging systems.
- Infrared Optical Systems: Delivers excellent transparency in infrared applications, ensuring stable optical performance.
- Laser Optical Applications: Used in laser optical systems for beam convergence, collimation, or expansion.
Physical Property | CVD Zinc Sulfide | Multispectral CVD Zinc Sulfide |
Density | 4.09 g/cm³ | 4.09 g/cm³ |
Resistivity | ~10¹² Ω·cm | ~10¹¹ Ω·cm |
Melting Point | 1827 ℃ | - |
Chemical Purity | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Thermal Expansion | 6.6×10⁻⁶ @ 273K | 6.3×10⁻⁶ @ 273K |
7.3×10⁻⁶ @ 373K | 7.0×10⁻⁶ @ 373K | |
Thermal Conductivity | 16.7 W/(m·K) @ 298K | 27.2 W/(m·K) @ 298K |
Specific Heat Capacity | 0.469 J/(g·K) @ 298K | 0.515 J/(g·K) @ 298K |
Knoop Hardness | 200-235 kg/mm² | 160 kg/mm² |
Bending Strength | 103 MPa | - |
Young's Modulus | 74.5 GPa | 74.5 GPa |
Poisson's Coefficient | 0.29 | 0.29 |
Optical Property | CVD Zinc Sulfide | Multispectral CVD Zinc Sulfide |
Transmission Range | 1-14 μm | 0.37-14 μm |
Refractive Index Inhomogeneity | <7.3×10⁻⁴ @ 10.6μm | <0.2×10⁻⁴ @ 632.8nm |
Absorption Coefficient | 0.2 /cm @ 10.6μm | 0.2 /cm @ 10.6μm |
Thermal Light Coefficient | 4.6×10⁻⁵ @ 1150nm | 5.43×10⁻⁵ @ 632.8nm |
4.3×10⁻⁵ @ 3390nm | 4.21×10⁻⁵ @ 1150nm | |
4.1×10⁻⁵ @ 10.6μm | 3.87×10⁻⁵ @ 3390nm |
CVD Zinc Sulfide - Refractive Index and Wavelength | |||
Wavelength (nm) | Refractive Index (n) | Wavelength (nm) | Refractive Index (n) |
620 | 2.355 | 9800 | 2.203 |
1000 | 2.292 | 10600 | 2.192 |
3800 | 2.253 | 11400 | 2.18 |
5000 | 2.246 | 12200 | 2.167 |
7000 | 2.232 | 13800 | 2.132 |
9000 | 2.212 | 14200 | 2.126 |
Multispectral CVD Zinc Sulfide - Refractive Index and Wavelength | |||
Wavelength (nm) | Refractive Index (n) | Wavelength (nm) | Refractive Index (n) |
400 | 2.545 | 8000 | 2.223 |
1010 | 2.292 | 9000 | 2.213 |
2060 | 2.264 | 10000 | 2.201 |
3500 | 2.255 | 11250 | 2.183 |
4500 | 2.25 | 12000 | 2.171 |
5000 | 2.247 | 13000 | 2.153 |
Property | Value |
Diameter Range | 2-300mm |
Focal Length | 15-5000mm |
Thickness | 0.12-60mm |
Surface Quality | 80-50, 60-40, 40-20, 20-10, 10-5 |
Surface Flatness | λ/2, λ/4, λ/8, λ/10 |
Clear Aperture | >90% |
Coating | Customizable |