Engineering & Technical

Diverse Optics offers comprehensive in-house engineering support and strategic partnerships, specializing in optical and opto-mechanical design, mold flow analysis, and cost-effective large-scale manufacturing.

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Diverse Optics provides strong in-house engineering support backed by solid strategic partnerships with leading polymer optics designers. We offer a wide array of engineering services including optical design, opto-mechanical design, mold design, mold flow analysis, and pre-production cost analysis.


You also benefit from a team that has the knowledge to ensure your products are robust and suitable for large-scale manufacture.

Engineering Support Staff

  • Optical
  • Manufacturing
  • R&D Diamond Turning
  • Tooling

Engineering & Design

  • Optical Design
  • Components
  • Systems
  • Optical Modeling
  • System Optimization

Technical

Polymer optics offer numerous benefits that make them an ideal choice for a wide range of applications. Here are some of the key advantages:

Cost-Effectiveness

  • Low Material and Fabrication Costs: Polymer optics are less expensive to produce than glass, thanks to cost-effective materials and fabrication processes such as injection molding.
  • High-Volume Production: Enables rapid turnaround times, making it ideal for producing millions of units with high precision.


Light Weight

  • Significantly Lighter Than Glass: Polymers are 2.5 to 5 times lighter than comparable glass products, making them ideal for manufacturing lighter and more compact products for emerging technologies.


Optical Performance

  • Comparable Light Transmittance: Polymers offer light transmittance comparable to high-grade crown glass, ensuring excellent optical performance.
  • Sophisticated Optical Surfaces: Capable of utilizing refractive, reflective, and diffractive substrates with various prescriptions, including spherical, aspherical, cylindrical, and freeform designs.



Application-Specific Benefits

  • Polymer Aspherics: Compensate for the narrow choice of materials, allowing for sophisticated optical designs despite material limitations.

Durability and Safety

  • High Impact Resistance: Unlike glass, polymers do not splinter, enhancing durability and safety, especially in applications like heads-up displays (HUD), helmet-mounted displays (HMD), goggles, and medical disposable optics.
  • Enhanced Durability: Suitable for environments requiring robust and long-lasting materials.


High Process Repeatability

  • Consistent and Reliable Production: Injection molding ensures high process repeatability, allowing for the consistent production of aspheric lenses in large volumes.


Design Flexibility

  • Integrated Mounting Options: Allows for unique element configurations tailored to specific applications.
  • System Configuration Flexibility: Provides flexibility in system design, enabling customized solutions.


When designing with polymer optics, consider the following factors:

  • Aspect Ratio
  • Moisture and Chemical Resistance
  • Part Thickness
  • Refractive Index
  • Continuous Use Temperature
  • Transmission
  • Environmental Conditions
  • Tolerances
  • Thermal Expansion
  • Durability

Overall, polymer optics provide a combination of cost-effectiveness, durability, lightweight properties, and high precision, making them a valuable component in advancing optical technologies.

Important Factors to Consider When Designing Polymer Optics

  • Aspect Ratio (ratio between center thickness and diameter)
  • Part Thickness
  • Continuous Use Temperature
  • Environmental Conditions
  • Thermal Expansion
  • Moisture & Chemical Resistanc
  • Refractive Index (dn/dt)
  • Transmission
  • Tolerances
  • Durability