Achromatic Lens Selection Guide

Our achromatic lenses are an excellent focusing component to reduce the chromatic aberrations from broadband light sources used in many analytical and medical devices. Achromats can be purchased with antireflection coating to maximize the transmission in the UV, visible, near IR wavelength regime.

Achromatic Lenses

Description	Features
UV-VIS Achromatic Lenses	345-700 nm UV-VIS antireflection coated Ideal for fluorescence, UV light source & Nd: YAG applications Near diffraction limited performance across UV-VIS range Greater than 90% transmission from 345-700 nm	UV-VIS Achromatic Lenses
Visible Achromatic Lenses	430-700 nm visible multilayer antireflection coating Significantly better optical performance than singlet lenses Nearly constant focal length across the visible spectrum Far superior off-axis performance	Visible Achromatic Lenses
Visible MgF₂ Achromatic Lenses	400-700 nm Single-layer visible MgF₂ AR coating Significantly better optical performance than singlet lenses Nearly constant focal length across the visible spectrum Far superior off-axis performance	Visible MgF₂ Achromatic Lenses
Visible Achromatic Aspherical Lenses	425-675 nm visible antireflection coating Superior color correction performance than standard achromats Minimize spherical aberration for monochromatic sources Ideal for coupling from broadband multimode fibers or extended sources	Visible Achromatic Aspherical Lenses
Near IR Achromatic Lenses	750-1550 nm NIR-IR multilayer antireflection coating Superior performance to singlet lenses Minimize spherical aberration for monochromatic sources Nearly constant focal length across the near IR spectrum	Near IR Achromatic Lenses
Visible MgF₂ Negative Achromatic Lenses	Commonly used to expand light in order to increase focal length and magnification 400-700 nm Single-layer visible MgF₂ AR coating Significantly better optical performance than singlet lenses Nearly constant focal length across the visible spectrum	Visible MgF₂ Negative Achromatic Lenses

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Achromatic Lens Selection Guide

Achromatic Lenses