Rod Lenses for Optical Systems - We can offer custom Rod Lenses for use within Optical Systems

Knight Optical can offer custom Rod Lenses for use within Optical Systems. We supply a range of custom & stock Rod lenses for a range of applications. All individually QA checked and metrology tested for quality to ensure parts meet customer specification. Supplied in a range of sizes and shapes with custom coatings tailored to meet your individual applications. Knight Optical supply precision optical components to customers with Optical systems. Rod Lenses are a special variant of cylindrical lenses so they focus light to a line. Rod lenses have an outside face that is polished and the ends are ground. Typical uses for rod lenses would be to generate a line image from a circular laser beam. Rod lenses can be cut at 45 degrees for use in beam steering and other similar applications. For more information read PDF ….. Material::N-BK7 or equivalent, Borosilicate, UV Fused Silica Shapes::Plane, 45° Dimensional Tolerances::+/- 0.1mm Centering::< 3 arcminutes Surface quality::< 40-20 Scratch/Dig Surface Figure: :< 5(1) @ 633nm Coating::Antireflective coatings for application bandwidth (if required) Mounting::Available on request