Our Laser Beam Expanders provide a low cost means of focusing and shaping laser beams with a high degree of accuracy. These Galilean beam expanders incorporate the highly regarded Tropel optical designs with improved adjustability and mounting. They are ideal for applications in which a small spot must be formed at some distance from the laser, or where the collimation range must be extended for illumination, or for alignment of distant objects. Wavefront distortion of less than λ/4 guarantees a minimum focused spot size even at long ranges. The lenses are antireflection coated with magnesium fluoride optimized for 632.8 nm, yielding transmission of over 95%.
Four expansion ratios are available, 3x, 10x, 20x, and 30x, each with a means for continuous focus change. As the power increases, the beam divergence decreases proportionately, providing a greater collimation range. These beam expanders can be conveniently attached to most HeNe lasers with the 1-32 accessory thread and except for the T81-3X, are equipped with precision beam centering adjustments to compensate for slight decentrations of the entering laser beam.

Our Laser Beam Expanders provide a low cost means of focusing and shaping laser beams with a high degree of accuracy. These Galilean beam expanders incorporate the highly regarded Tropel optical designs with improved adjustability and mounting. They are ideal for applications in which a small spot must be formed at some distance from the laser, or where the collimation range must be extended for illumination, or for alignment of distant objects. Wavefront distortion of less than λ/4 guarantees a minimum focused spot size even at long ranges. The lenses are antireflection coated with magnesium fluoride optimized for 632.8 nm, yielding transmission of over 95%.
Four expansion ratios are available, 3x, 10x, 20x, and 30x, each with a means for continuous focus change. As the power increases, the beam divergence decreases proportionately, providing a greater collimation range. These beam expanders can be conveniently attached to most HeNe lasers with the 1-32 accessory thread and except for the T81-3X, are equipped with precision beam centering adjustments to compensate for slight decentrations of the entering laser beam.