Recent content by billtodd

Thanks for the reply! I've read a bunch of your detailed postings and appreciate your advice. So perhaps I could cut down the threaded end of the Aixiz housing so the lens can be screwed all the way to the back or I could look for another lens. Any suggestions? I was interested in...

Hey, guys I found a pretty good lens for a project I'm working on HERE. I was looking to purchase the Aixiz 12 x 30mm Laser Module. I can't find any information regarding the threading of the modules though, and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction or provide some...

I think I may have found the answer to my first question, from Thor Labs: "Single spherical elements are typically not capable of achieving such a small spot size. Spherical aberration is the limiting factor rather than the diffraction limit. Because the aspheric lenses are corrected to...

Thanks for the suggestion, I checked out the site and came across two lenses that look promising: Mounted Precision Molded Aspheric Lenses and Mid Wave and Long Wave Infrared (IR) Aspheric Lenses *EDIT* I read the description of this lens more carefully and its range is 1 -14um, this does...

Greetings, from what I have read the purpose of a collimated lens is to organize light waves into a parallel fashion. Do these lenses also focus light waves into a finite point smaller than the lens itself given varying distances from the diode? If so I am curious to hear anyone's experience...