Plano-Convex Aspheric Objective Lens Kits

Our plano-convex aspheric objective lens kits contain six compact aspheric lenses mounted in threaded holders and a 5709 RMS-threaded adapter for mounting the lenses as microscope objectives.

Set of 6 compact aspheric lenses
Includes RMS-threaded adapter for mounting as microscope objectives
Choice of 3 AR coatings

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Description	Compatibility	Avail.	Price
5720-A Aspheric Objective Lens KitsAspheric Lens Kit, 350-700 nm Antireflection Coating	UNIVERSAL	Discontinued
5720-A-P Aspheric Objective Lens KitsAspheric Lens Kit, 350-700 nm Antireflection Coating	UNIVERSAL		$1,855
5720-B Aspheric Objective Lens KitsAspheric Lens Kit, 600-1050 nm Antireflection Coating	UNIVERSAL	Discontinued
5720-B-P Aspheric Objective Lens KitsAspheric Lens Kit, 600-1050 nm Antireflection Coating	UNIVERSAL		$1,851
5720-C Aspheric Objective Lens KitsAspheric Lens Kit, 1050-1600 nm Antireflection Coating	UNIVERSAL		$1,889
5720-C-P Aspheric Objective Lens KitsAspheric Lens Kit, 1050-1600 nm Antireflection Coating	UNIVERSAL		$1,889

Features

Replace Bulky Microscope Objectives

For simple applications such as laser diode collimation, or coupling to optical fibers, compact aspheric lenses offer the same magnification and on-axis performance as microscope objectives in a lighter and more compact package.

From left: MVC‌-60X , M-60X , and 5721-A-H with the 5709 adapter

Advantage of Aspheric Lenses

In applications that require large acceptance angles, such as light gathering for illumination, spherical lenses are unsuitable due to spherical aberration, or the effect of refractive power of a spherical surface becoming greater with increasing aperture. Aspheric lenses maintain constant focal length or very high NA, avoiding the need for multiple elements to correct spherical aberration. This simplifies system design by reducing weight and component count. It also results in less transmission loss, and less ghosting due to having fewer surfaces. The primary drawback of aspheric lenses is off-axis performance is poor. This is not a problem for coupling to and from optical fibers or collimating light sources, but aspheric lenses are not usable over a wide field of view.

Focusing Light with an Aspheric Lens

A good way to select the correct aspheric lens for your beam collimation (or focusing) application is to start by finding the appropriate focal length using this formula: f = D( πω/4λ) where f is the lens focal length, D is the 1/e² diameter of the collimated beam, ω is the beam diameter at the focus, and λ is the wavelength.

Collimating Light with an Aspheric Lens

If you are collimating light, you must then find a aspheric lens with Numeric Aperture larger than that of your fiber or diode in order to capture all the available light. If you are focusing into a fiber, be sure that the NA of the focused beam is smaller than the NA of the multimode fiber to maximize coupling efficiency (this may alternatively be done by using less than the full aperture on a higher NA lens). This analysis will give you a good estimate, but you may find that you need to try a few lenses to get optimum focusing.

Aspheric Lens Construction

Each asphere is made from laser-quality glass to provide optimum performance and has extremely low wavefront distortion over a wide wavelength range. The lenses with plano second surfaces have the least aberration while those with convex second surfaces have the lowest f number. The lenses come with your choice of broadband anti-reﬂection coatings and provide better than 97% transmission.

Focal Length and Working Distance

Except for the Model 5721, the focal length listed assumes the presence of a protective window, which is common in laser-diode packages. The lenses are also suitable for applications where there is no window over the laser diode. In this case, there will be a small change in the focal length (<1 mm). The working distance is defined as the distance from the focal point to the surface of the lens. Lenses are recessed by 0.5 mm in each holder.

Compatible with 1 inch optic mount

With 5708 Asphere Adapter, these Compact Aspheric Objective Lenses can mount to our 1 in. mounts which use a clamping screw for securing, for example LH-1DB Double-Bore Mount or 9131NF Fiber Coupling Kit.

Mounting to any RMS threaded mount

The 5709 RMS Threaded Asphere Adapter allows the Compact Aspheric Objective Lenses to be mounted to any RMS threaded optic mounts, for example, SB18YZBM Optic Positioner, LH-RMS Microscope Objective Mount, or LT10 1.0 in. Lens Tube with LT10-RMS-N adapter.