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How Aspheres Reduce Optical System Complexity and Aberrations

Many optical designers have found aspheric lenses to be an optimal solution when conventional spherical optics fall short. In applications such as medical devices and instrumentation,  scanners, zoom and range-finding optical systems, and handheld image capture devices, aspheres are often the key to more compact, higher-performing optical designs.

Ross Optical offers standard aspherical lenses and CDGM glass-molded aspherical lenses,  delivering high performance with shorter lead times.  Explore the entire catalog. Read More >

Thanks to our network of 21 optical manufacturing partners around the world, Ross Optical stocks a wide variety of standard and hard-to-find optics, including aspheres and micro lenses. What’s more, especially on multiples, we offer these components for 20-40% less than leading catalog prices.

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When Regular Optics Win

Engineers are invariably drawn to new technology. It is important to realize, though, that sometimes old ways are the best. This is particularly true when considering whether to use aspheric lenses in an optical design. We at Ross Optical have certainly embraced the recent advances in asphere fabrication, as evidenced by our range of aspheres. With that said, we also stock a huge range of hard-to-find, large-diameter, spherical doublets and triplets.

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