Where to Buy Ball Lenses
All lenses are lenses having the geometrical form of a ball (sphere), which may be rather small (→ microoptics). They can be used as beam collimators for optical fibers and for fiber-to-fiber coupling, for example.

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![]() The Future Depends on Optics 101 East Gloucester Pike Barrington, NJ 08007 United States | ![]() Ball Lenses are commonly used to improve signal quality in fiber coupling applications, or for use in endoscopy or bar code scanning applications. Our ball lenses feature short back focal lengths to minimize the distance needed from the ball lens to the optical fiber. Edmund Optics offers a variety of ball lenses in a range of substrates for performance in the ultraviolet to the NIR. Half-ball lenses are also available to ease mounting or system integration. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 1139)! |
![]() 1100 US-22 North Plainfield, NJ 07060 United States ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016 | ![]() A ball lens consists of a highly transparent spherical ball, usually made of solid glass (fused silica) or another optical material with index of refraction less than 2. Most ball lenses are made with small diameters – a few millimeters or even less than a millimeter. The optical physics can be understood by realizing these lenses are, equivalently, two plano-convex lenses separated by a parallel plane. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 1437)! |
![]() Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd. A635, Boke Mansion No. 9 Xiyuan Road Xihu District, Hangzhou 310030 China ISO 9001:2015 | ![]() Hangzhou Shalom EO provides ball lenses and half ball lenses made from various substrate materials including sapphire, ruby, BK7, UV fused silica, high index glass, and germanium, ZnSe, ZnS with AR coating. Our ball lenses and half ball lenses are ideal for applications such as fiber communications, endoscopy and microscopy. Available diameters are between 0.3 mm to 100 mm, with diameter tolerance (sphericity) <0.4 µm and surface roughness (Ra) <0.007 µm. Custom ball and half ball module options are also available on request. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 2126)! |
![]() Your Custom Optics Expert 425 Main St Suite 2E Metuchen, NJ 08840 United States ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016 | ![]() Shanghai Optics offers custom-made ball lenses. Please contact us for manufacturing limit or custom specifications. We can offer balls lenses e.g. with a diameter tolerance of ±50 μm, scratch & dig 20/10, surface quality 40-20, and with <50 μm deviation from a sphere. |
![]() Bringing quality into focus 1130 Ten Rod Road Suite D102 North Kingstown Rhode Island 02852 United States ![]() Facebook LinkedIn Twitter YouTube E-mail: (See the company profile page for additional contact information.) ISO 9001:2015 | ![]() Knight Optical provides a wide range of ball and half ball lenses which are ideal for endoscopy and fibre communications. We have a variety of material options available including quartz, sapphire, cubic zirconia, ruby, BK7 and other optical glass, fused silica, borosilicate, and many more. Our stock catalogue consists of 0.4 mm to 10 mm diameter ball lenses, but custom dimensions are available up to 100 mm. |
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![]() 1100 US-22 North Plainfield, NJ 07060 United States ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016 | ![]() A ball lens consists of a highly transparent spherical ball, usually made of solid glass (fused silica) or another optical material with index of refraction less than 2. Most ball lenses are made with small diameters – a few millimeters or even less than a millimeter. The optical physics can be understood by realizing these lenses are, equivalently, two plano-convex lenses separated by a parallel plane. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 1437)! |
![]() The Future Depends on Optics 101 East Gloucester Pike Barrington, NJ 08007 United States | ![]() Ball Lenses are commonly used to improve signal quality in fiber coupling applications, or for use in endoscopy or bar code scanning applications. Our ball lenses feature short back focal lengths to minimize the distance needed from the ball lens to the optical fiber. Edmund Optics offers a variety of ball lenses in a range of substrates for performance in the ultraviolet to the NIR. Half-ball lenses are also available to ease mounting or system integration. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 1139)! |
![]() Bringing quality into focus 1130 Ten Rod Road Suite D102 North Kingstown Rhode Island 02852 United States ![]() Facebook LinkedIn Twitter YouTube E-mail: (See the company profile page for additional contact information.) ISO 9001:2015 | ![]() Knight Optical provides a wide range of ball and half ball lenses which are ideal for endoscopy and fibre communications. We have a variety of material options available including quartz, sapphire, cubic zirconia, ruby, BK7 and other optical glass, fused silica, borosilicate, and many more. Our stock catalogue consists of 0.4 mm to 10 mm diameter ball lenses, but custom dimensions are available up to 100 mm. |
1791 Deere Avenue Irvine, CA 92606 United States | |
1410 Gail Borden Place, A3, El Paso, TX 79935 United States | |
![]() Your Custom Optics Expert 425 Main St Suite 2E Metuchen, NJ 08840 United States ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016 | ![]() Shanghai Optics offers custom-made ball lenses. Please contact us for manufacturing limit or custom specifications. We can offer balls lenses e.g. with a diameter tolerance of ±50 μm, scratch & dig 20/10, surface quality 40-20, and with <50 μm deviation from a sphere. |
3600 S. Congress Avenue, Unit J Boynton Beach, FL 33426 United States | |
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357 rue Franquet Quebec, QC G1P 4N7 Canada | |
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[Yancheng Tiandi International] No. 12 East Yanhe Road Yancheng City Jiangsu Province China | |
The Ridge, Iceni Way, Haverhill, Cambridge CB219 7FD United Kingdom | www.comaroptics.com E-mail: |
21 rue de Broglie 22300 Lannion France | www.idil-fibres-optiques.com E-mail: |
Mendelstr. 11 48149 Münster Germany | www.impex-hightech.de E-mail: |
Inlight Precision Optics Co. Ltd 1902, Global Gateway Tower, 63 Wing Hong Street, Cheung Sha Wan Hong Kong China | |
No. 666D, Chao Qun Street Chang Chun 130103 China | |
Steinstraße 15 35641 Schöffengrund Germany | |
Nanjing Shuncheng Optical Components Co., Ltd. No. 268, Jile, Luhe district Nanjing 211500 China | |
Nanyang Running Optical & Electronic No. 1 Photoelectric Innovation and Entrepreneurship Park, High tech zone Nanyang city, Henan province China | en.running-oe.com E-mail: |
3F, Building 25 Lane 4999, Hongmei South Road Minhang Shanghai-201109 China | |
![]() Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd. A635, Boke Mansion No. 9 Xiyuan Road Xihu District, Hangzhou 310030 China ISO 9001:2015 | ![]() Hangzhou Shalom EO provides ball lenses and half ball lenses made from various substrate materials including sapphire, ruby, BK7, UV fused silica, high index glass, and germanium, ZnSe, ZnS with AR coating. Our ball lenses and half ball lenses are ideal for applications such as fiber communications, endoscopy and microscopy. Available diameters are between 0.3 mm to 100 mm, with diameter tolerance (sphericity) <0.4 µm and surface roughness (Ra) <0.007 µm. Custom ball and half ball module options are also available on request. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 2126)! |
1550, Boxue Road, Changchun, 130033 China | www.sherlan.com E-mail: |
No. 20, Langxia Third Industrial Zone Songgang, Baoan District Shenzhen City China | www.sjllaser.com E-mail: |
No. 23, 3F Building 7 Rongcheng Park 10 South Road Jinrong Cangshan, Fujian China | |
No 9576 Donghuan Road Changchun China | |
No. 1567 Liu Ying Lu Kuan Cheng District Chang Chun China | |
A division of Vision Engineering Ltd. The Freeman Building Send, Woking, Surrey, GU23 7ER United Kingdom | www.voptics.com E-mail: |
WuZhongTianYue International JingYang Square, LvYuan District Changchun 130062 China | |
Room 608, Building A Yitian Silicon New Town, New High Technology Zone Changchun 130012 China | |
Yancheng Tiandi International (YTD) No. 12 East Yanhe Road Yancheng City Jiangsu Province China | |
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