Purchasing Advisor for Achromatic Optics (original) (raw)

Find all you need for professional sourcing of achromatic optics: a comprehensive expert-curated directory of suppliers, scientific and technical background information, and an interactive AI-based tool with guidance for a structured decision process.

NEW: Not only hardware can be listed here, but also consulting, software, training on achromatic optics, etc. – see the "offer types" below.

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Purchasing high-value photonics products is a substantial responsibility. Using a structured decision-making process and high quality supplier data helps a lot:

• Find all relevant suppliers (not limited to advertisers).
• Our interactive tool conveniently assists you in defining and applying your application-specific requirements.

Note that purchasing decisions based on just a few randomly picked suppliers and without carefully defined specifications are risky; therefore, we strongly recommend using our data and tool. See also:

• How Responsible Purchase Decisions for Expensive Goods Like Lasers Are Done
• Explanations on this purchasing tool

Go through the process:

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:

achromatic optics chromatic aberrations

If you need personal help, contact RP Photonics to get technical consultancy.

I feel that I sufficiently understand the technical background.

2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you purchase.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying achromatic optics. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

I think that I am sufficiently informed about our requirements.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

I consider the above list of specifications to be sufficiently complete, clear and accurate.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

Insert these criteria when creating inquiry mails to suppliers with the buttons "Get quotation".

You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".

3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

• Below, you can find our list of suppliers for achromatic optics. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
• The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
• Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

Selected suppliers:

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Decision

The most suitable supplier you found:

Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

4. Document the decision process

It is essential to document your purchasing process, not only its result (chosen supplier):

• You will find it easier next time.
• If something goes wrong, you can defend your decision by showing that you properly considered all important aspects. Or you see what needs to be done better next time.

Our interactive tool makes it easy: Fill out the form, and in the end print it to a PDF. Note that the document will show all sections (including those not currently shown on the screen), while omitting some irrelevant details such as the page navigation.

Suppliers for Achromatic Optics

77 suppliers for achromatic optics are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 8 present their product descriptions and images. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

Custom Precision optical components Ecoptik (Changchun) Ltd.Building 13No. 832 Chengyuan Road, High-tech ZoneChangchun 130103ChinaSee us at Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 1767)!

⚙ hardware Ecoptik offers achromatic coated lenses which are used to minimize spherical and chromatic aberrations. They are ideal for a range of applications, including fluorescence microscopy, image relay, inspection, or spectroscopy. Such a lens is often made by either cementing two elements together or mounting the two elements in a housing. The achromatic coated lens can also be called an achromatic doublet lens or achromatic cemented lens. If you want to know more, please contact us. Product-specific web page

Bringing quality into focus Knight Optical (UK)Roebuck Business ParkHarrietsham, Kent ME17 1ABUnited Kingdom

⚙ hardware Knight Optical's offers achromatic lenses used to minimise chromatic and spherical aberrations. These achromatic doublet lenses are available in focal lengths up to 500 mm and are ideal in imaging applications, laser collimation, and as objective lenses in telescopes and other instruments. Custom achromatic lenses are available upon enquiry including triplet lenses and additional coatings. We also offer achromatic waveplates suitable for 450–680 nm, 700–1000 nm, 950–1300 nm, and 1200–1650 nm wavelength ranges, with applied AR coatings for consistent phase retardation over the entire wavelength. Product-specific web page

Quality You Can Trust, Expertise You Can See. Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd.A635, Boke MansionNo. 9 Xiyuan RoadXihu District, Hangzhou 310030China

⚙ hardware🧩 accessories and parts🧴 consumables🔧 maintenance, repair📏 metrology, calibration, testing💡 consulting🧰 development Hangzhou Shalom EO is a professional supplier of a series of achromatic optics, including achromatic lenses, achromatic waveplates, and super-achromatic waveplates. Shalom EO offers off-the-shelf and custom achromatic waveplates and super-achromatic waveplates. Our standard diameter 25.4 mm achromatic waveplates are composed of one quartz plate and one MgF2 plate cemented together or with an air gap in between the plates, offering flat retardation response of a quarter wavelength or a half wavelength over three optional wavelength ranges including 450–650 nm, 690–1200 nm, and 900–2000 nm, while other custom wavelength ranges and retardation values are also available. The air spaced achromatic waveplates have an outstanding damage threshold greater than 500 MW/cm2, suitable for high power applications. Shalom EO’s standard super achromatic waveplates consisting of six quartz and MgF2 plates cemented together deliver ultra-stable retardation over extensive spectral regions, 325–1100 nm and 600–2700 nm (for quarter waveplates), or 310–1100 nm and 600–2700 nm (for half waveplates), in addition to other custom wavelength ranges and retardation values, making our super achromatic waveplate excellent for the altering of polarization state in multi-spectrum context. Shalom EO’s achromatic lenses or achromatic doublet lenses are available in stock and custom versions, as for the stock versions, selection: an abundant selection of focal lengths 7.5 mm to 1000 mm (for positive achromatic doublet lens) and –100 mm to –20 mm (for negative achromatic doublet lens) are accessible with the lenses in standardized sizes to ensure seamless integration into various optical systems. Coating options include 350–650 nm, 650–1050 nm, 1050–1580 nm AR coatings, or other custom coatings. Product-specific web page

Your Custom Optics Expert Shanghai Optics Inc.425 Main St Suite 2EMetuchen, NJ 08840United States

⚙ hardware Shanghai Optics offers a large variety of custom achromatic lenses for our customers including achromatic spherical and aspherical lenses, achromatic singlets, doublets and triplets. Combined with one of our advanced AR coatings (covering 400–700 nm, 650–1050 nm, 1050–2500 nm), these optimized lenses are ideal for ensuring high resolution image quality and durability. With our in-house state-of the-art metrology and professional testing personnel, Shanghai Optics is able to provide a full range of inspection reports and CoC (Certificate of Conformance) for full optical characterization such as surface quality, dimensions, centricity, coating transmittance/reflectance (with SHIMADU UV3600 spectrophotometer), and overall/partial surface accuracy (with 6-inch ZYGO interferometer). FAI inspection reports are available upon request. Product-specific web page

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