Optical Lens Glass Strengthening
Improvements to glass-based optical designs can leverage the benefits of chemical glass strengthening to both reduce cost and improve product effectiveness. The added benefits can improve product ruggedness in high-stress situations and environments.
Optical Lens Glass Strengthening benefits include:
Outward-facing optical glass surfaces can handle increased abuse with the benefits provided by strengthening.
Designs with improved optical performance can be used by counteracting undesirable physical properties with chemical glass strengthening.
One such product that benefited from our expertise is Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's autonomous underwater surveying vehicle. A redesigned glass dome improved optical performance while using chemical strengthening to counteract the inherent uneven and hard to predict stress and strain characteristics.