The Use of Cylindrical Lens

Cylindrical Lens can be used in a single axial convergence or divergence of the beam and found in optical measurement, laser scanning, spectroscopy, laser diode output beam shaping, the X-ray light microscopic imaging, and many other industries and fields have a wide range of applications.

Turn the quasi-direct light source into the line light source

L = 2(r0/f)(z+f)

It is the most extensive application of cylindrical lens. As shown in the figure below, The quasi-direct light source with radius r0 is irradiated into a concave cylindrical lens with a focal length of -f(The image is in order to illustrate the principle more clearly, so amplify the beam radius). The beam will diverge in half theta (theta = r0 / f). At this point, it can also be approximated as the divergence of the point source at the focal point -f. The distance to the back of the lens is z. The width of the line beam is 2r0 (ignoring the divergence of the  Gaussian-distributed beam spot), but the length of the line beam is changed

L = 2 (r0 / f) (z + f)

When z is greater than f, the expansion ratio approaches z/f, and the length of the line is proportional to z.

If need in the z produces width is very narrow line light source, can be in the plane concave cylindrical lens front end or back end of a flat convex cylindrical lens focal length for z, with the orthogonal plane concave cylindrical lens place, to compress the beam width.

【 Quick Start】The focus and alignment of light

The diode outputs beam of collimation

The laser diode output beam diverges in an asymmetric form, and its quasi-direct work is more challenging. for example, to divergence angle theta. Theta 1 x 2 = 10 ° x 40 ° diode light source, if only use the standard spherical lens, and only in a single direction on collimating, another direction divergence or convergence will happen. Using a cylindrical lens that the problem is decomposed into two one-dimensional directions, through the combination of two orthogonal cylinder lens, two directions can be collimated at the same time.

The selection of the cylindrical lens and the installation of the light road should follow the below rules:

θ1/θ2 = 10°/40° = f1/f2

1)To make the spot symmetrical after the adjustment, the focal length ratio of the two cylindrical lenses is equivalent to the divergence angle.

Theta 1 / theta 2 = 10°/ 40° = f1 / f2

2）The laser diode can be approximated as a point source, to get the collimating output, The spacing between the two cylinders and the light source is equal to the focal length of the two.

3）The spacing between the main planes of the two cylinders should be equal to the difference between the focal length of the f2-f1, and the actual spacing between the two lenses is equal to BFL2 - BFL1. Like the spherical lens, the convex side of a cylindrical mirror should be directed toward a quasi-direct beam to minimize as much as possible.

d1 = 2f1(tan(θ2/2))

d2 = 2f2(tan(θ1/2))

4）Because the laser diode output beam diverges faster, we need to be careful to confirm that the spot size on each cylinder is no longer than the effective light aperture of the lens. Because the distance of the cylinder is equal to its focal length, the maximum spot width of each cylinder should be followed

D1 = 2f1 (theta 2/2)

D2 is equal to 2f2, the tangent of theta one half.

For example, Newport CKX012 (f1 = 12.7 mm, BFL1 = 7.49 mm) and CKX050 (f2 = 50.2 mm, BFL2 = 46.03 mm) the combination of cylinder lens, the spacing between the two lens on the plane for BFL2 - BFL1 = 38.54 mm. The diameter of the spot in the first cylindrical lens is

D1 = 2 (12.7 mm) tan (20 °) = 9.2 mm

The diameter of the light spot in the second cylinder is

D2 = 2 (50.2 mm) tan (5 °) = 8.8 mm

Although there is still a little asymmetry, the simple combinations of these two cylindrical lenses have greatly improved the quality of the beams.

Hyperion Optics always believes in the concept of bringing “Precision, Performance, Satisfaction, Cost-wise products” to our customers to meet the expected procurement experience. We are not simply manufacturing components and lenses, but delivering a comfort and worry-free user experience with outstanding quality assurance promise to you.

Advanced Fabrication Technology

Advanced Fabrication Technology

Hyperion Optics has over a decade of experience in optical and mechanical design, manufacturing, and optical assembly. With the rapid growth in the photonics market and an increasing demand for precision and accuracy, we have heavily invested in our fabrication technology in order to better serve the optics community.

Hyperon Optics has expanded its fabrication capabilities through employing skilled optics technicians and investing in advanced devices and equipment. A few examples include the Optotech machining and polishing station and the Ametek aspherical machining device. On the metrology side, we are equipped with the latest Zygo Verifire™ interferometer and MTF testing station. From manufacturing to inspection, we at Hyperion believe that our value lies in the reliability of our technology and the talents of our people.

Our optical and engineering team consists of 15 optical experts who have expertise and familiarity with high-end applications. Our engineers’ specialty and understanding of the optical system can ensure that your needs would be fully understood and met. We are especially proud of our professional customer service that offers full support throughout the products’ life cycle.

 Our production team has been serving our valued customers for massive projects with excellent quality parts delivered; in return, our team is becoming mature in terms of potential production risks finding and pre-cautious regarding specific parameters during prints review. This is imperative that as a lead custom lens manufacturer, it is our duty to avoid unnecessary production failure after careful specs examination.

Over the past 12 years, Hyperion has built a rich portfolio of successful client stories. In return, our team has gained maturity in terms of potential production risks detection and precaution regarding specific parameters during prints evaluation and review. In our quotation process, it is our common standard that we bear the responsibility of careful review and specs examination to avoid production pitfalls. In many cases, our effort has paid off as we worked with our clients to revise their specs in favor of manufacturability and cost-savings.

For instance, we typically simulate the aspherical equation even during the RFQ process to ensure that there there are no misunderstandings, and that if any potential failore, can be avoided prior to actual production. For aspherical designs that we are not confident about, we offer free trial on low-cost material for feasibility testing upon request to understand and study the production challenge.

Besides continuously improving our fabrication technology, we still manufacture and hold pride in our conventional methodology that involves high-speed polishers and machinery. With our outstanding production staff and metrology procedure, we are confident to deliver high-quality precision optics for you and your company.

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Round Concave Mirriors

Round concave mirrors are catoptric imaging. Mirrors( including convex) are reflecting back for imaging rather than get through the light, ray of light follows the law of reflection, that is what we called convergence. They always gather the light that shoot to the surface, ray of light that is entered parallelly will be focus on the spot again, ray of light is reflected from different angles because of different directions of surface normal. Round concave mirrors can not only focus parallel ray of light on the spot but also reflect parallel light from spot.

The diagram of a round concave mirror shows focus, focal length, centre of curvature and principal axis. Concave mirrors or gathering mirrors will deflect reflected ray of light. Concave mirrors will have different images because of the different distance between objects and mirrors, which is different from convex mirrors.

Round concave mirrors don’t have chromatic aberration because they are catoptric imaging, this advantage is can’t be compared with any lens. The resolution ratio is in direct proportion to the clear aperture of objective, it is difficult for the production of large aperture lens while concave mirrors that made according to reflection principal are easier. Therefore, round concave mirrors are always used for producing telescope.

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The aspheric

When it comes to the lens, you have to mention the aspherical lens. In many people's understanding, the asperical lens is a symbol of high level, and the advanced lens is almost all aspherical lens.

Let's start with what is called a aspherical lens. The aspherical lens is contained in the camera lens, aspheric is often calculated according to the surface, some aspherical lens side, the other is not, or both sides is spherical, and so on.

In general, a lens with two or more aspherical lenses is a very advanced lens. So, is the aspheric surface a very difficult technique?

We can look at it from the other side.

Now, in terms of glasses, the aspheric surface is also very widely used, and in fact, it is no more expensive than the spherical lens. For numerical control grinders, the wave surface can also be made.

Clearly, many people's understanding of the aspheric surface is still stuck in the leica 501.2 myth, which itself has long since been broken.

Of course, many people would still use the so-called "grinding aspheric", but don't say what grind the aspheric surface. I believe that for many people, it's impossible to tell whether a picture is not a spherical lens.

Is the aspheric surface necessarily good?

Even if it's a cock shot, it's impossible for each lens to be aspherical, the aspheric lens is actually a supporting role in the lens, not the main character, the main corrective, the correction function, after the use of aspherical lenses, the image of the edge of the image will be solved well and the picture will be more average.

So, is it a good thing to have an aspheric surface? From the current situation, the use of aspheric surface technology has become the standard configuration, especially the high technology index lens, for example, large aperture wide-angle zoom lens, it is difficult to guarantee the quality of the picture without the aspheric surface.

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In a series of SLR lenses designed by Mr. CAI for nikon, many of them have no aspheric surfaces. But it doesn't prevent these lenses from being a good shot, like chase 50, 1.4 SLR, and the picture is average.

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2. Complex achromatic doublet lens is composed of several groups of advanced lenses made of special optical glass and fluorite. The axial chromatic aberration is corrected by red, blue and yellow light, and the secondary spectrum is eliminated. Therefore, the image quality is good, but it is difficult to process and calibrate many lenses. The correction of chromatic aberration is in all wavebands of visible light. If blue or yellow filters are added, the effect will be better. It is the best objective in the microscope. It has good correction for spherical aberration and chromatic aberration. It is suitable for high magnification. However, it still needs to be used with compensating eyepiece to eliminate residual chromatic aberration.

3. Planar achromatic doublet lens is a complex optical structure composed of multiple lenses, which can correcting astigmatism and image field bending well, and make the whole field of view clear. It is suitable for microphotography. The correction of spherical aberration and chromatic aberration of the objective is still limited to the yellow-green wave region, and there is still residual chromatic aberration.

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