Glass Light Guides with Cylindrical, Square, Tapered or Any Special Shape

Glass cylindrical rod light guide is a device that transmits light from one light source to another point at a distance from the light source with minimal loss, widely used in communications and medical care:

  • Optical communication semiconductor light source, laser light source.
  • Guide light for photoelectric device.
  • Various medical equipment, such as Pom light infrared therapy instrument.

The light guides are usually made of optical material and we provide glass light guides.

Specification of glass light guide
  • Color: transparent.
  • Diameter: 2-100 mm.
  • Treatment: polished.
  • Shape: cylindrical, square, tapered or any special shape (arrow, star, half moon, etc.), and other shapes can be customized as customer's requirements.
  • Size: Glass light guide's size can be customized as customer's requirements.
Packaging and transportation
  • To avoid rupture, the glass light guides with foamed paper packaging then packed in wooden case.
  • We can also package the glass light guide according to customer's requirements.
There are four glass light guides with tapered columns.

GLD-01: Tapered columns shaped glass light guide.

There are two half-cylinder glass rods light guides.

GLD-02: Half-cylinder shaped glass light guide.

There are two glass light guides like the shape of shoes.

GLD-03: Shoes shaped glass light guide.

There are ten glass light guides like the shape of arrows.

GLD-04: Arrows shaped glass light guide.

Different shapes of glass light guide plates like round, square, rectangular, prismatic and so on.

GLD-05: Round, square, rectangular, prismatic shaped glass light guide plate.

Different shapes of glass light guide plates like square, rectangular, prismatic and so on.

GLD-06: Square, rectangular, prismatic shaped glass light guide plates.

The outer diameter of the upper end of a glass light guide measured with vernier caliper is 5 mm.

GLD-07: Dimensional measurement of the glass light guide.

A whiteboard pen and four little glass light guides.

GLD-08: Size comparison between whiteboard pen and glass light guide.

Packaging and transportation
  • Good light transmission, visible light transmittance> 90%.
  • High acid and alkali resistance, resistance to chemical attack.
  • High temperature, can be used at 1000 °C for a long time and the highest temperature can be 1300 °C within a short period of time.
  • Good thermal stability, thermal expansion coefficient is small, can withstand a strong temperature change.
  • Environmentally friendly.
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