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This section provides an overview for planoconvex lenses as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 35 planoconvex lens manufacturers and their company rankings.
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A plano-convex lens features one flat and one convex surface.
This lens design, with a greater curvature radius on the convex side compared to the flat side, focuses light rays. Optically, its focal length is equivalent to twice the radius of curvature of the convex surface. The images it forms appear behind the focal point, with their size dependent on the focal length and the distance from the incident light source.
A key advantage of plano-convex lenses is their ability to converge light, making them ideal for magnifying glasses, microscopes, and other optical applications. They are also relatively simple to produce, offering cost efficiency and widespread availability. However, they may exhibit chromatic aberration, leading to color fringing in images, and distortion aberration, which can cause image distortion.
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Thorlabs, Inc, established in Newton, NJ in 1989, is a manufacturer of photonics equipment for research, manufacturing, and biomedical applications. Their product portfolio includes optical components, for use in imaging, sensing, and spectroscopy applications, spectrometers and analyzers used for research and industrial applications, fiber optic components and photomultiplier tubes, and imaging devices that capture and measure light signals for diverse applications in scientific research. The company has sales offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, China, and Brazil.
Esco Optics is a manufacturer of custom and catalog optics, precision optical components, and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) optics. The company is founded in 1955 and is based in New Jersey, United States. The company product includes lenses, filters, optical flats, mirrors, prisms, glass wafers, and other products. The company serves the military and defense industries. They provide optical components to a wide range of industries. The company provide prototype optics and high volume optics production. The company also provides customer service.
Alpine Research Optics (ARO) is a manufacturer and distributor of laser optical components that was established in Boulder, Colorado in 1991 before its acquisition by Mississippi-based PFG Precision Optics in 2011. The company produces various laser optical components including polarizers, beam splitters, mirrors, filters, and lenses. It also offers custom optics tailored to client specifications and use cases. Its products are used in consumer electronics, biotechnology, semiconductor processing, and OEM laser repair. ARO provides optomechanical design and assembly, as well as thin-film coating of optical substrates for unique customer projects.
Coherent, founded in 1971, and located in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, is a manufacturer, supplier and distributor of laser and photonics-based solutions. Their product range includes lasers, optics, and laser-based systems for industries such as industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets. Coherent's lasers are used in precision cutting, welding, medical procedures, and scientific experiments. With ISO 9001 certification, the company ensures quality standards in their products, and solutions across various industrial applications.
Newport is a division of MKS Instruments, Inc. that was incorporated in 1961 and headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. The company is a manufacturing company that serves the specialty industrial, advanced electronics, and semiconductor industries. The company markets its products through Spectra-Physics, MKS Instruments, Richardson Grating, and other brands. Their product categories include motion, optomechanics, optics, and vacuum instruments. Product categories include lasers, MKS vacuum & gas solutions, laser diode controls, and tables & isolation systems.
Sino-Galvo (Jiangsu) Technology Co.Ltd, established in 2001 and headquartered in Zhenjiang, China, is a manufacturer of galvo scanners and control systems. The company's solutions include 2-axis and 3-axis scanning systems, high-power laser scanning systems, and scanning servo motors. Its products include laser beam deflection and positioning systems, medical and life sciences scanning systems, and laser engraving, cleaning, and cutting systems. It also offers Adas Lidar solutions and OEM/ODM aperture systems ranging from 3mm to 50mm. The company's technology serves industrial material processing, medical treatments, and scientific research applications.
Sunset Lens Work established in 1987, is a manufacturer, trader, and exporter of lenses. The company is located in Gujrat, India and known for their convex Lens, etc. Facility is equipped with latest technology machinery, operated by skilled engineers and monitored by quality analysts to ensure production of lenses meeting international standards. With a wide global client base, they maintains an extensive global client base and prioritizes establishing enduring relationships.
UNI Optics Co., Ltd, established in 2008 and located in Fuzhou, China, is a manufacturer and supplier specializing in optical components and assemblies. The company’s product portfolio includes custom-made optical components such as lenses, prisms, windows, and filters, along with various coating designs. These products find applications in automation, metrology, life sciences, lasers, semiconductor, military, and medical equipment. UNI Optics employs an ISO9001:2015 quality management system and serves clients globally including North America, the Middle East and Africa, South America and Asia.
Borisun Optics, founded in 1998 in Shaanxi Province, China, is a manufacturer of precision and advanced optical products. The product range encompasses eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, binoculars, and laser optics that provide superior optical clarity, precision, and durability, enhancing visual experiences and scientific measurements. Eyeglass lenses ensure optimal vision correction, while camera lenses capture optimal-quality images. Binoculars offer enhanced magnification for outdoor enthusiasts and professionals, and laser optics play a pivotal role in scientific research and industrial applications. The products cater sectors such as eyewear, photography, outdoor activities, and advanced research assisting improved vision, accurate measurements, and expanded exploration.
Alkor Technologies is a manufacturer and supplier of optical components in Russia where it was founded in 1989. The company uses materials, such as crystals, glasses, and metals, to manufacture optical windows, lenses, prisms, mirrors, filters, and beamsplitters. They also offer custom-made optics and coatings producing optical components for various applications, such as lasers, gas analyzers, infrared devices, and scintillators. Their products are used by manufacturers of analytical and control instrumentation, by research establishments, and Universities such as Yale.
WTS PHOTONICS CO., LTD. is a manufacturer and supplier of optical components and laser crystals that was established in 2009 and is headquartered in Fuzhou, China. The company produces many optical components, including lenses, mirrors, filters, and prisms. Its products such as high accuracy corner cube prisms, triplet achromatic lenses, precision optical glass achromatic lenses (doublets), high accuracy l-bar mini prism, high precision glass x-cube and RGB prisms, and YAG laser crystal are used by a number of industries, as diverse as laser, semiconductor, and imaging industries. The company’s solutions include optical processing, optical coating, optical assembly, and optical design.
VY Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. is a manufacturer of different kinds of optical precision element and photographic lens &accessory. The company is located in Jilin, China and is founded in The company product portfolio includes laser optics, imaging lenses, optical component, lasers. The company integrate lens design, production and sales. Application of the company’s items are very extensive and involves in military, aerospace, industry, scientific, medical instrument, photoelectric device, optical communication and mechanical equipment and so on.
Ecoptic, founded in Changchun, Jilin in 2000 is a manufacturer of precision optical components, such as spherical mirrors, aspheric mirrors, and filters. The company's product portfolio includes Optical Cylindrical Lenses, Optical Dome, Optical Mirrors, Optical Prism, and Optical Spherical Lenses. The company serves markets including Medical and Healthcare, Aerospace and Defense, Consumer Goods, Industrial Manufacturing and Construction and Building. The company provides services such as Product Selection Guidance, Engineering Support, New Product Design and Development and Custom Manufacturing.
HG Optronics.,INC., established in 2008, is a chinese-based manufacturer of laser crystals,nonlinear crystals and optical components used in industrial and scientific research.. The company offers various optics including optical lens, prisms, windows, mirrors, and filters as well as polarization optics, waveplates, and cylindrical lens. It also offers various crystals including laser, window, NLO, diffusion bonded,and magneto-optical crystals. The company is also a service provider offering processing services involving cutting, grinding, polishing, coating, and diffusion bonding as well as coating service using EB, IBS and IAD coating techniques.
Changchun Sunday Optics Co. Ltd. is an ISO 9001:2015-certified manufacturer and supplier of optical components that was established in Changchun, Jilin, China, in 2010. The company offers aspheric lenses for improving image quality or reducing aberration, and spherical lenses for standard imaging applications as well as focusing or collimating. It also offers prisms for refraction or reflection, various coatings for enhancing the optical properties of surfaces, and filters for blocking selected wavelengths of light. The company’s products are primarily used by clients in the laser, photonics, and optical imaging industries.
Avantier Inc., established in 2006 and headquartered in New Jersey, USA, is a manufacturer of imaging systems and optical solutions. The company’s products include microscope objectives, IR lenses, and optical filters. Its microscope objectives provide precise magnification for detailed observation in biomedical research and industrial applications. Its IR lenses enable accurate thermal imaging in the aerospace, defense, and security sectors. Employing cutting-edge technologies like IAD E-beam and IBS, its coatings enhance light transmission and polarization manipulation. The company also offers optomechanical design, metrology, and reverse optical engineering solutions and provides custom optical design, lens assembly, and rapid prototyping services.
Shanghai Optics, established in China, is a custom manufacturer of optical components and a custom designer and engineering provider of optical components, lenses, and assemblies. The company produces its own range of products that include stock microscope objectives, fixed focal length lenses, stock IR lenses, and megapixel lenses used in applications such as scientific and laboratory equipment, smartphones, cameras, and other requirements from OEM customers around the world. The company's services include full production at high and lower volumes, prototyping, free quotes, and custom product design consultations.
SIGMAKOKI Co., Ltd. (SK) is a Japanese manufacturer and distributor of optical technology products founded in 1977. Headquartered in Tokyo, the company offers a wide range of optical equipment including optics and optical coatings, laser and optical application system components, objective lenses, and biomedical products such as core units for microscopy. It primarily serves research institutes, as well as clients in the aerospace, semiconductor, and medical device manufacturing sectors. SK products have various applications including in laser processing, R&D, spectroscopic measurement, and optical communication.
Photonchina Co. Ltd., established in 2003 and headquartered in Fuzhou, China, is a manufacturer and supplier of precision optics, crystals, and subassemblies. The company's product line includes waveplates, micro lenses, and Glan-type polarizers. It also offers a range of quartz waveplates that include true zero, half, and octadic waves. These products are widely used in laser technologies, telecommunication devices and equipment, and surveying equipment. The company offers custom design, engineering, and subassembly production and serves the original equipment manufacturers and private label orders.
Bohr Optics Co., Ltd. is based in Changchun, Jilin, China, and has been a manufacturer and distributor of scientific optical components since its inception in 2016. The company offers various optical products such as optical spherical lenses, optical ball lens, cylindrical lens, anti-reflection coating, as well as corner cube prism. The company operates in compliance with ISO 9001:2015 and RoHS quality standard, and offers OEM services for customers through eight production lines.
DG Optoelectronics Co. Ltd., established in 2012 and headquartered in Jiangsu, China, is a manufacturer and supplier of optics, imaging, and photonics technology. The company specializes in optical components, lenses, and optomechanical equipment, serving original equipment manufacturers (OEM) with stock and custom solutions. Its products include optical glass materials, spherical and aspheric lenses, and optical coatings like antireflective film and spectroscopic film. These products are used in optical imaging, machine vision, and medical devices industries. The company also offers optical components utilizing substrates and coatings optimized for ultraviolet, visible, or infrared wavelengths.
Knight Optical is a company that manufactures optical components based in the UK. The company offers services such as design, consultancy, custom packaging, testing, quality assurance, and others. They serve a wide number of industries including scientific, defense, medical, pharmaceutical, laser engineering and manufacturing. They also provide a wide range of coating capabilities for optical components throughout the ultraviolet (UV), visible and infrared (IR) spectra.They are ISO9001:2015 and ISO14001:2015 accredited and are providing quality products and services.
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China
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8 | 50.0% |
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United States of America
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5 | 31.3% |
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India
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1 | 6.3% |
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Russia
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1 | 6.3% |
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Japan
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1 | 6.3% |
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