Custom Cylindrical Plano Convex Lenses

Cylindrical plano convex lenses are single-element optical lenses with one flat (plano) surface and one cylindrically curved convex surface. Unlike spherical lenses that focus light to a point, cylindrical lenses focus light to a line along one axis. They are ideal for beam shaping, anamorphic imaging, laser line generation, and astigmatism correction.

These lenses have a rectangular aperture with length and width dimensions, and the cylindrical curvature is applied along the width axis. Common applications include laser diode collimation, line scanning systems, optical coherence tomography, and barcode readers.

Our configurator below provides instant online quoting for custom cylindrical plano convex lenses in N-BK7 (H-K9L) and UV Fused Silica (JGS1) materials. You can specify length, width, radius of curvature, edge thickness, and select optional AR coatings.

If you need materials, coatings, or specifications not available in the configurator, please contact us at [email protected] for a custom quote.

Note: It costs about as much to make one custom lens as it does to make ten, hence the minimum order quantity is 10 pieces. Large price drops occur as volume increases to 100 units.