SWIR series is a range of short-wave infrared lens specifically designed to operate in the 0.9-1.7 µm wavelenght region. This serie has been specifically designed to match the new 15 µm format InGaAs FPA Focal Plane Arrays.
These infrared lens offer an industry standard C-mount threaded style interface or, alternatively, they can be equipped with a custom mount interface.
In the design of the infrared lens, great importance was attached to a good image quality and a large aperture (small F/#). These infrared lens, mounted on a SWIR camera, are the perfect choice for a variety of applications, including solar cell inspection, night vision imaging of outdoors scenes without additional illumination (security applications), detecting bruises on fruit, imaging through silicon, biomedical imaging and many other infrared applications.
KEY ADVANTAGES
High resolution
Designed for high resolution detectors up to 15 μm pixel pitch and 21 mm diameter.
Custom mount interface
Can be provided upon request.
Large field of view and low distortion
Superior optical performances.
WHY INVEST IN A SWIR LENS?
Although standard visible infrared lens can be deployed with InGaAs cameras (SWIR wavelengths can pass through common glass), only SWIR infrared lens can fully exploit the performance of near-IR cameras, providing the sharpest image for your application.
How can we achieve this kind of performance? SWIR infrared lens are specifically designed to operate in the SWIR band (0.9-1.7 µm wavelength region) as opposed to common visible-light infrared lens.
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