A plano-convex cylindrical lens is used to condense light in one axis. A positive plano cylindrical lens is able to create a line image from a point of light, to change the aspect ratio of an image or to focus collimated input light to a line. Plano- convex cylindrical lenses ...
A plano-convex lens is a positive focal length lens with a plane on one side and a convex on the other. It is used to concentrate parallel light, or convert point light sources into parallel light. Widely used in telescope, microscope, sight, laser, optical fiber and other ...