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Although a common misconception, individual optical lenses do not always form an image when the object plane is placed a focal length away from the lens.

Collimated light occurs when light rays travel parallel to each other.

Fresnel lenses are composed of a series of concentric grooves etched into one side of a sheet of plastic. Fresnel lenses are unlike typical spherical or aspherical optical lenses.

Axicons are conical-shaped optical components used to create a ring-shaped beam.

When doing basic imaging, how do you determine the magnification an optical lens will provide?

Learn about EO's most popular family of optical lenses and discover if achromatic lenses are ideal for your next application.

Aspherized Achromatic Lenses, exclusive to Edmund Optics, are doublet lenses consisting of two cemented optical elements that are matched for their color-correction ability and small RMS spot size.

Join Chris Williams as he briefly explains the basics of how to align a laser system onto a target.

Edmund Optics® manufactures thousands of precision aspheric lenses per month in our asphere manufacturing cell that operates 24 hours a day.

Collimated light is required for many fiber optic applications. Using the proper setup, fiber optic collimating lenses or ball lenses, and some optical know-how, you can achieve optimal collimation.

Learn how Highly-Dispersive Mirrors compensate for dispersion and compress pulse duration in ultrafast laser systems, which is critical for maximizing performance.

Many laser applications are prone to specular reflections back into the source, causing overheating and decreased stability and lifetime.

What is an aspheric lens? In what applications are aspheric lenses used?

Beamsplitters do exactly what their name implies: split incident light beams.

Optotune Focus-Tunable lenses feature a liquid polymer substrate with continuous focusability.

Polarization Directed Flat Lenses, which are formed with polymerized liquid crystal thin-film, create a focal length that is dependent on polarization state.

Continuing from where Part I: X-Y Setup ends, learn how to add a Z-axis to an existing X-Y configuration to achieve three degrees of freedom.

Edmund Optics (EO) manufactures over 5 million optical components every year at our global facilities in the Americas and Asia.

Edmund Optics utilizes Diamond Turning to produce a wide range of high precision optical components.

爱特蒙特光学（Edmund Optics）提供的大尺寸万向节光学镜架可用于将大尺寸精密光学元件（如反射镜）集成到 OEM 和台式系统中。

LC (Low Cost) Fixed YAG Beam Expanders are simple 2-element, cost-effective solutions to beam expansion.

Learn about the metrology that Edmund Optics® uses to guarantee the quality of all optical components and assemblies.

Compound Parabolic Concentrators (CPCs) are concentrator lenses made from rotated parabolic shapes to create specific acceptance angles through which divergent light is collected.

TECHSPEC® Liquid Lens M12 Imaging Lenses from Edmund Optics combine a high-resolution with the electronic auto-focus of an integrated liquid lens

E-Series Kinematic Optical Mounts provide high value and essential features for applications including lab use, prototyping, and system integration

Laser beam expanders consist of transmissive configurations, with Galilean or Keplerian designs, and reflective configurations, which use a series of mirrors, similar to microscope designs.

Acktar Advanced Coatings produces light-absorbing components and materials to control stray light and eliminate noise from specular reflection.

Monolithic Reflective Beam Expanders are ideal for applications requiring broadband or achromatic beam expansion.

When determining which laser to use for your application, consider the following specifications: wavelength, coherence length, beam divergence, and Rayleigh range.