Diameter 12mm Quartz Glass Half Ball Lens

Item Number:Y-20210407VY12mmFS

Quartz glass ball lens with good UV and IR transmissio, it is widely used for focusing and coupling light into and out the fiber.The quartz ball lens has high transmission in between 185nm up to 2000+nm, which makes it very interesting to be used for optical telecom products.


  • Material: Quartz glass
  • Diameter: 12mm
  • Tolerance: 0.001-0.003
  • Sphericity: 0.001
  • Surface Quality: 80/50 or better
  • Coating: Optional


Quartz Glass Half Ball Lenses for LED Industry

1) Glass half sphere lenses has many advantages over silicone lens and plastic lens

2) Main Specifications of Half ball lenses

Why to Choose VY Optoelectronics Co.,Ltd.? 

Half Ball Lenses for High Precision Applications

Quartz Glass Half Ball Lenses for LED Industry

Hemispheres Half-Ball Lenses, they offer uniform dispersion of light used in LED displays, especially for high power and UV LED, focusing and coupling applications. Half ball lenses are used to improve signal coupling between Emitters, Fibres, Transmitters, Receivers and Detectors depending on the application.



                                              (picture show of our dimater 12mm quartz glass half ball lens)


1) Glass half sphere lenses has many advantages over silicone lens and plastic lens 

 •  High surface quality
 •  Super transparent over full lifetime of LED
 •  Scratch-proof surface
 •  Wide range refractive index(1.48~2.0) 
 •  Heat resistant up to more than 500°C 
 •  Excellent thermal characteristics

2) Main Specifications of Half ball lenses

Material BK7, B270, Borosillicate glass, UV Fused Silica or any other glass crystal material, plastic and SI, Ge and other infrared material are also available
Tolerance on half Ball Lens Diameter  +/- 0.001mm
Tolernace on half ball lens Thickness  +/- 0.01mm
Half Ball Lens Roundness < 0.001mm
Surface Quality of Half Ball lens 20/10 scratch and dig or better
Half Ball Lens Cleaning Class 100 clean room
Half Ball Lens Packing in Waffle plastic trays
Each Half Ball Lens is checked 100% under microscope before Delivery.
All Half Ball Lenses are cleaned and packedin Class 100 clean room area. 

Why to Choose quartz glass half ball lens from VY Optoelectronics Co.,Ltd.? 

• Low cost, high volume - Yield as big as 1000,000pcs/month. Un-beatable price. 
• Any optical glass/crystal/plastic/infrared glass you can imagin - BK7, B270, Borosillicate glass, UV Fused Silica, PYREX, PMMA, Si, Ge… 
• Freedom for Designer to Optimize System
• As big as 150mm diameter(D) lens Available, and a lot of different size lens on shelf for quick delivery for the diameter of 2~20mm
• Customized Height(T) of Lens - from ball lens to very thin lens, any height can be achieved
• Unique Technology - High efficiency on production / Free of dirties and contamination after polishing, no additional cleaning needed.
• Quick Delivery and Low Cost for Samples - It's not moulded, so no mould investment.
• ISO certificated company and long term cooperation with leading companyies, such as Cree, Luminus, Samsung 

Quartz glass half ball lenses for high precision applications

High precision half ball lenses is also available, which is used in communication, endoscopy, microscopy, optical pick-up devices and laser measurement systems, please contact our sale engineers for detailed information.

Standards Products
Part No. Dia.(mm) Tc.(mm)
VY_HB030 3.00 1.50
VY_HB040 4.00 2.00
VY_HB050 5.00 2.50
VY_HB060 6.00 3.00
VY_HB070 7.00 3.50
VY_HB080 8.00 4.00
VY_HB010 10.00 5.00
VY_HB012 12.00 6.00

Ball lens and half ball lens from VY

  VY is specialized in manufacturing glass ball lens and half ball lens with optical H-K9L or quartz glass and infrared material (such as Ge,Si,ZnSe,Zns,Sapphire Ruby etc.),the capacity of every month is 5, 000,000 pieces, we have ball lens and half ball lens with varied size and material in stock, large inventory of ball lens will be convenient for you to find suitable lens for your application fastly. Welcome to inquire to us!

A short video of half ball lens maybe helpful for you to know our glass half-ball lens much more better.

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