Ball Lens

Ball lenses are great optical components for improving signal coupling between fibers, emitters, and detectors. They are also used in endoscopy, bar code scanning, ball pre-forms for aspheric lenses, and sensor applications. Ball lenses are manufactured from a single substrate of glass and can focus or collimate light, depending upon the geometry of the input source.Ball lenses are used particularly as beam collimators for optical fibers (fiber collimators) and for fiber-to-fiber coupling. They are also suitable for miniature optics with applications like barcode scanning, as objective lenses in endoscopy and for optical sensors.

Nova supply half-ball lenses are made from N-BK7, H-K9L, Fused Silica, Sapphire, and more. We can also deliver custom Ball lenses and alternative materials in a range of diameters.

Technical parameters of ball lens