Ball and Half Ball Lenses for Microscopes - Ball lens in Sapphire, Ruby, Quartz & BK7 for microscope applications

Our uncoated Precision Ball Lenses can be achieve a very high level of yield of magnification & are widely used for focusing & coupling light into and out of Microscopes. We can offer these in Sapphire, made from Al2O3, and BK7 or equivalent material. Sapphire allows for superior optical transmission qualities The key feature of ball lenses is their short back focal length allowing for precision coupling where size or space is a limiting factor in the system & therefore ideal in the use of Microscopes or microscopic attachments onto devices such as mobile phones. Ball Lenses are manufactured from a single substrate of glad and therefore, depending on the geometry of the input source, can focus or collimate light. Half Ball Lenses can also be used as an interchange with a full ball lens for more compact designs. Read the PDF for more information.... Material::BK7 or equivalent, Sapphire, Ruby, Quartz Diameter Tolerance::±2.5 Figure (sphericity)::1λ Focal Length (@587mm)::± 0.2% (<10mm), ±2.0% (10-1000mm), ±5.0% (>1000mm) Surface quality::<40-20 Scratch/Dig Back Focal Length (mm)::0.05 up to 2.34 for stock parts Focal Length (mm)::0.345 up to 7.34 for stock parts