Achromatic Lenses are used
to minimize or eliminate chromatic aberration. The achromatic design also helps
minimize spherical aberrations. Achromatic Lenses are ideal for a range of
applications, including fluorescence microscopy, image relay, inspection, or
spectroscopy. An Achromatic Lens, which is often designed by either cementing
two elements together or mounting the two elements in a housing, creates
smaller spot sizes than comparable singlet lenses.
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Optics offers a large variety of Achromatic Lenses. Multiple anti-reflection
coating options for the Ultraviolet (UV), visible, or Infrared (IR) are
available, including UV-VIS, MgF
2,
VIS 0°, VIS-NIR, NIR II, or SWIR. Additionally, Achromatic Lenses designed
specifically for the Ultraviolet (UV) or Infrared (IR) are available, which
offer superior performance when compared to a standard Achromatic Lens that has
been coated for the same or comparable wavelength range. Aspherized Achromatic
Lenses, which combine an Achromatic Lens’ color correction with an Asphere’s
superior spherical aberration correction, are also available.