May 19 2008
Special Optics, Inc., a Navitar company and manufacturer of high precision ultraviolet (UV) optical systems, has expanded their broad range of UV lenses to include a high N.A. UV microscope objective with a numerical aperture of 0.90. This is a great compliment to Special Optics current high N.A. UV line which includes 0.75 N.A. and 0.50 N.A. objectives.
Designed for customers who required a higher level of performance over standard microscope objectives, the high N.A. UV micro objective provides 0.28 micron spot imaging at a wavelength of 248nm and 0.41 micron spot imaging at a wavelength of 365nm. The effective focal length is 5.5mm and the field of view is a 100 microns. It is diffraction limited with less than 0.07 waves RMS wave front distortion over the entire field of view.
Special Optics designs and manufactures custom and standard optics for some of the most challenging UV, visible, and IR applications. For more information on their products and design services, visit their website at www.specialoptics.com.