Custom SWIR Lenses & SWIR Imaging Lenses for Industrial & Scientific Applications
Shanghai Optics designs and manufactures custom SWIR lenses and SWIR imaging lenses for industrial, scientific, and OEM imaging systems. Our optical solutions support machine vision, hyperspectral imaging, semiconductor inspection, biomedical instrumentation, surveillance, spectroscopy, and scientific research, delivering outstanding image quality across the 900–1700 nm spectral range.
With more than 60 years of precision optical manufacturing experience, we provide complete engineering support—from optical design and prototype development to precision manufacturing, optical coating, assembly, and OEM production. Every SWIR lens is optimized for InGaAs sensors, imaging performance, manufacturability, and seamless integration into advanced camera systems.
SWIR Lens Design & Manufacturing
Shanghai Optics develops both SWIR lenses and SWIR imaging lenses for demanding industrial and scientific applications. Whether you require a proven optical platform or a fully customized solution, our engineering team works closely with customers to optimize focal length, wavelength coverage, field of view, sensor compatibility, distortion control, and mechanical integration.
Our engineering capabilities include:
- Custom SWIR imaging lenses for machine vision and scientific imaging.
- SWIR camera lenses optimized for InGaAs sensors.
- VIS-SWIR optical systems for dual-band imaging applications.
- Custom objective lenses and OEM optical assemblies.
- Optical design, precision manufacturing, coating, assembly, and testing.
From concept development through production, every optical system is engineered for performance, manufacturability, and long-term reliability.
Imaging Performance
High-performance SWIR imaging requires more than selecting the correct wavelength range. Image quality depends on transmission efficiency, optical resolution, distortion control, and compatibility with modern imaging sensors.
Shanghai Optics develops SWIR imaging lenses that deliver high transmission, excellent image quality, and reliable optical performance for machine vision, hyperspectral imaging, semiconductor inspection, biomedical imaging, and scientific instrumentation. Every optical design is optimized according to sensor format, wavelength range, operating environment, and application requirements.
Optical Characteristics
Shanghai Optics’ SWIR lenses are engineered to provide reliable imaging performance while maintaining excellent manufacturability and long-term stability.
Key Optical Characteristics
- High Optical Transmission: Maximizes light throughput to improve image brightness and signal quality for demanding SWIR imaging applications.
- Excellent Spatial Resolution: Produces sharp, high-contrast images for precision inspection, measurement, and scientific imaging.
- Low Distortion (<2%): Maintains image accuracy across the entire field of view, making the lenses suitable for machine vision and metrology.
- Full-Spectrum Aberration Correction: Delivers consistent optical performance throughout the SWIR operating wavelength range.
- Low Scattered & Stray Light: Improves image contrast while reducing unwanted optical artifacts.
- Optimized for InGaAs Sensors: Designed for seamless integration with modern SWIR camera systems and imaging platforms.
Available SWIR Optical Configurations
Shanghai Optics supports a wide range of SWIR optical configurations for industrial, scientific, and OEM imaging systems. Existing optical platforms can often be adapted to shorten development time while meeting specific performance requirements.
Typical configurations include:
- Focal lengths from 12 mm to 100 mm
- Support for InGaAs focal plane arrays
- C-Mount and Bayonet interfaces
- High-resolution imaging
- Wide field-of-view optical designs
- Low-distortion imaging performance
Our engineering team can further optimize existing optical platforms or develop fully customized SWIR imaging lenses according to your application requirements.
Custom SWIR Lens Development
Every imaging system presents unique optical challenges. Shanghai Optics develops custom SWIR lenses and SWIR imaging lenses optimized for wavelength coverage, sensor compatibility, field of view, distortion control, thermal performance, and mechanical integration.
Whether adapting an existing optical platform or creating a completely new optical system, our engineers provide practical support from concept development through prototype validation and OEM production, helping customers reduce development time while achieving exceptional imaging performance.
Typical Applications
Shanghai Optics’ SWIR lenses are designed for applications where image quality, optical accuracy, and long-term reliability are critical to overall system performance.
- Machine Vision: Deliver high-resolution imaging for automated inspection, quality control, and industrial measurement systems.
- Hyperspectral Imaging: Enable precise spectral analysis and material identification for scientific research, agriculture, and industrial inspection.
- Semiconductor Inspection: Support defect detection and process monitoring with high optical resolution and low distortion.
- Biomedical Instrumentation: Provide reliable imaging for diagnostics, life science research, and advanced medical imaging systems.
- Scientific Research: Support spectroscopy, laboratory instrumentation, and precision optical measurement.
- Security & Surveillance: Deliver stable imaging performance for defense, perimeter monitoring, and challenging outdoor environments.
Precision Manufacturing & Optical Testing
Every SWIR lens is manufactured using ISO 9001-certified processes and validated through comprehensive optical testing before shipment. Our engineering team evaluates transmission, distortion, image quality, and optical performance using advanced metrology systems to ensure every lens meets customer specifications.
Combined with vertically integrated manufacturing, precision optical fabrication, advanced coating technologies, and rigorous quality inspection, Shanghai Optics delivers reliable optical performance from prototype development through OEM production.
Engineering Design Example
Developing a high-performance SWIR imaging lens requires balancing wavelength coverage, optical transmission, thermal stability, compact mechanical design, and manufacturability.
Discover how Shanghai Optics engineered a custom SWIR hyperspectral camera lens optimized for 1000–2500 nm, delivering excellent image quality and stable optical performance for demanding scientific and industrial applications.
Need a Custom SWIR Lens?
Whether you’re developing a machine vision system, hyperspectral camera, scientific instrument, or OEM imaging platform, Shanghai Optics provides engineering support from concept development through production.
