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The 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens is a high-precision optical component engineered for demanding photonic and imaging applications that require extreme durability and excellent optical performance. Manufactured from single-crystal sapphire, this lens offers exceptional hardness, thermal stability, and wide optical transmission from UV to mid-infrared wavelengths. The 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens is designed with strict surface quality standards (10/5 scratch-dig and 60/40 optical tolerance), ensuring minimal scattering and superior beam coupling efficiency. Compared with conventional glass ball lenses, the 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens delivers significantly higher resistance to abrasion, chemical corrosion, and high-temperature environments. These characteristics make it particularly suitable for harsh industrial environments, laser coupling systems, and high-precision optical assemblies where long-term stability is critical.

Advantages of the 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens

• Extreme mechanical hardness: The 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens provides excellent scratch resistance due to sapphire’s Mohs 9 hardness.
• Superior thermal stability: Maintains optical performance under high-temperature and thermal cycling conditions.
• Wide spectral transmission: The 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens supports UV to IR wavelengths, enabling multi-band optical systems.
• High precision surface quality: The 10/5 scratch-dig specification reduces scattering and improves coupling efficiency.
• Chemical resistance: Ideal for corrosive or chemically aggressive environments.
• Long operational lifespan: The durability of the 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens ensures stable long-term optical performance.

Application Fields

• Fiber optic coupling systems: Enhances light coupling efficiency between fibers and laser diodes.
• Laser collimation modules: Used in beam shaping and focusing applications.
• Medical laser devices: Suitable for endoscopic and surgical laser delivery systems.
• Industrial sensing systems: Applied in harsh environment optical sensors.
• High-temperature optics: Performs reliably in aerospace and defense optical systems.
• Scientific instrumentation: Used in spectroscopy and precision optical experiments.

Shanghai Advance Optical-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. is a technology-based production enterprise,officially established in September 2009,the plant site located in Qingpu Industrial Park, Shanghai, only half an hour's drive from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. The company gathers several excellent technicans in optical industry, has comprehensive supporting capabilities such as optical mechanical and electrical design, processing and sales services, and wholeheartedly provides each customer with high-quality and convenient products and services. Business scope: optical mechanical and electrical module development, precision optical element processing, camera lens design and processing, optical design and optical path optimization solution, technical consultation and after-sales service. Application fields: machine vision, artificial intelligence, biomedical, smart city, high-end monitoring, testing instruments, equipment, laser etching, special lighting, scientific research institutions, etc.

Company Advantages:

1. Have comprehensive design, production and sales capabilities, and provide customers with one-stop convenient procurement services;
2. It has tens of thousands of optical molds and samples, which can provide customers with fast proofing services with low cost;
3. Be able to participate in the customer's new product research and development early, provide feasible plans and suggestions, and make the project less detours;

Q1: What makes the 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens different from standard glass ball lenses?
A: The 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens is significantly harder, more durable, and offers a much wider transmission range than standard glass lenses, making it suitable for extreme environments and high-power optical systems.

Q2: Why is sapphire used in the 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens?
A: Sapphire provides outstanding hardness, chemical resistance, and thermal stability, ensuring that the 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens maintains optical performance even under harsh operating conditions.

Q3: Can the 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens be used in UV applications?
A: Yes, the 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens has excellent UV transmission starting from around 180 nm, making it ideal for ultraviolet optical systems and photonics research.

Q4: Is AR coating available for the 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens?
A: Yes, anti-reflective coatings can be applied to the 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens to improve transmission efficiency and reduce surface reflections in specific wavelength ranges.

Q5: What industries commonly use the 10/5-60/40 Sapphire Ball Lens?
A: It is widely used in fiber optics, medical laser systems, industrial sensing, aerospace optics, and advanced scientific instrumentation where reliability and precision are critical.