Yongxin Optics

A research-grade super-resolution microscopy imaging system that integrates structured illumination microscopy (SIM) with confocal technology, built on the NIB1000 research-grade inverted microscope platform and able to switch with one touch between brightfield, phase contrast, fluorescence, DIC, laser confocal and 2D-SIM/3D-SIM/TIRF-SIM imaging modes.

Lateral resolution (2D-SIM) improved twofold; with a 100X high-numerical-aperture plan apochromat objective (NA1.49) resolution reaches 85 nm; axial super-resolution (3D-SIM) reaches 270 nm; resolution reaches 60 nm when the AI module is integrated; frame rates up to several hundred frames per second; supplied with the Nomis Pro X-CS customised super-resolution and confocal software platform.

• Life sciences
• Live-cell super-resolution imaging
• Organelle and biomacromolecule structure analysis
• Neuroscience

The company's research-grade high-end confocal microscopy imaging line, able to examine fixed cells and tissue sections as well as to observe and detect the structures, molecules and ions of living cells in real time; its share of the domestic confocal microscope market has risen to first place among domestic brands.

Supports multi-channel fluorescence imaging and long-duration dynamic live-cell observation; supplied with the Nomis Pro X-CS integrated control and data analysis software; supports motorised stage, motorised focusing and automated multi-channel imaging control.

• Life sciences
• Cell biology
• Medical laboratory testing
• Research and medical care
• Live-cell dynamic imaging

A research-grade microscope built on the principle of structured-illumination optical sectioning, one of the company's research-grade high-end microscopy imaging series, used for three-dimensional optical sectioning of thick specimens.

Applies structured-illumination optical sectioning to cut out-of-focus stray light and supports three-dimensional imaging of living and thick tissue specimens; works in conjunction with the company's confocal and super-resolution software platform.

• Life sciences
• 3D imaging of thick tissue specimens
• Developmental biology research

A high-content cell imaging and analysis microscope line aimed at the life sciences, belonging to the high-end instrument category of the company's life science industry solutions.

Objective magnification: 4× - 60×; Numerical aperture NA: 0.20 - 0.95; Fluorescence channels: 4 - 6 channels; Camera resolution: 2048 × 2048 (pixel 6.5 µm); Excitation wavelength range: 380 nm - 740 nm; Plate throughput: 6 - 1536 wells; Acquisition speed: ≥ 1000 frames/hour; Incubation temperature control: 37 ℃ ± 0.5 ℃

• Drug screening
• Cell phenotype analysis
• Life science research
• Biopharmaceutical R&D

A series of research-grade and culture inverted biological microscopes for cell culture observation and live-cell imaging; the NIB1000 is a research-grade inverted microscope platform that can be expanded with advanced imaging techniques such as confocal, super-resolution and TIRF.

The NIB1000 adopts an independent focusing design and is fitted with an Adaptive Focus System (AFS), a joystick with built-in touch panel, stepped motorised stage control and motorised focusing; an optional live-cell culture system precisely regulates stage temperature as well as the temperature, humidity and CO2 concentration inside the dish.

• Cell culture observation
• Long-duration live-cell imaging
• Life science research
• Clinical medicine

A research-grade upright biological microscope series spanning laboratory and teaching grades; the NE950 is an intelligent motorised microscope that combines an optical microscope with slide-scanning capability, while the NE900 series are research-grade upright biological microscopes.

Uses an infinity colour-corrected optical system with large numerical aperture, high resolution and high fluorescence transmission; supports motorised stage, autofocus and multi-channel fluorescence imaging control; the NE900 series supports expansion with a multi-viewing system.

• Biomedical research
• Cell biology
• Neuroscience
• University teaching laboratories
• Pathology observation

Digital microscopic imaging and digital slide scanning products; the NE950 tightly links an optical microscope with slide-scanner functions so that microscopic observation, image capture and image processing are rapidly and efficiently integrated, while the NSS-6 is a digital slide scanner.

Supports automated microscopic image capture and stitching, digital slide scanning and digital archiving; works with the wireless interactive digital microscope classroom solution in teaching scenarios.

• Digital pathology
• Microscopy teaching
• Remote consultation
• Scientific image acquisition

Polarising microscope products that can be applied in industrial fields such as construction, materials analysis and semiconductor production and inspection, and are likewise suited to natural science fields such as medical testing and biological research.

Configured with a polariser/analyser and a crossed-polariser optical path, supporting single polarisation, crossed polarisation and conoscopic observation; can be fitted with a high-sensitivity CMOS camera and professional image analysis software.

• Materials analysis
• Semiconductor production and inspection
• Geological and mineral analysis
• Medical testing
• Biological research

A stereo (stereoscopic) microscope product line using high-eyepoint wide-angle eyepieces that make prolonged observation less tiring, suitable for industrial assembly and inspection as well as for teaching and basic research.

High-eyepoint wide-angle eyepiece design keeps long observation sessions comfortable; continuous-zoom stereoscopic imaging provides sharp, high-resolution stereo images.

• Electronics assembly
• Precision manufacturing and industrial inspection
• Teaching demonstrations
• Basic research
• Gemstone appraisal

A series of upright and inverted metallurgical microscopes for observing and inspecting PCB circuit boards, LCD panels and metal microstructures; the company supplies competition metallurgical microscopes and technical support to the national university metallography conference.

Carries high-resolution objectives and professional metallography analysis software, supporting automatic measurement and analysis of grain size, inclusions and coating thickness; the NM930 is a motorised upright metallurgical microscope and the NIM900 an inverted metallurgical microscope.

• Metallographic structure analysis of metal materials
• PCB circuit board inspection
• LCD panel inspection
• Materials science teaching and research

An industrial inspection microscope series professionally designed for the electronics industry, semiconductor inspection and teaching and research; building on this line the company has launched precision semiconductor microscopic inspection solutions.

Provides high-resolution imaging and precision metrology, supporting appearance defect inspection of wafers and semiconductor devices; digital imaging, automatic scanning and remote control functions are configurable.

• Semiconductor inspection
• Electronics industry inspection
• Automated industrial quality control
• Teaching and research

Measuring microscope products professionally designed for inspection in the electronics industry and semiconductors as well as for teaching and research, forming part of the company's industrial inspection optical instruments.

Fitted with a precision two-dimensional measuring stage and alignment system, supporting precise measurement of length, angle and contour; digital imaging and measuring software can be added for automatic readout.

• Electronics industry inspection
• Semiconductor inspection
• Precision component measurement
• Teaching and research

Gemological microscope products that reveal clear, high-resolution stereo images and are specialised microscopes for appraising gemstones and similar objects.

A stereoscopic optical system provides clear, high-resolution stereo images; darkfield illumination and polarised-light observation accessories meet the need to examine internal features of gemstones.

• Jewellery and jade appraisal
• Gemology teaching
• Jewellery quality inspection

An imaging instrument product series aimed at observing the cell culture process, used for continuous recording and imaging of cell growth status inside an incubator or on the bench.

Imaging mode: bright field + phase contrast + fluorescence; Field of view: 0.5 mm - 12 mm; Camera resolution: 2048 × 1536 (pixel 3.45 µm); Imaging interval: 1 min - 24 h; Compatible plates: 6 - 384 wells; In-box temperature range: ambient +3 ℃ - 40 ℃; CO₂ control: 0% - 20%; Humidity control: ≥ 90% RH

• Cell culture monitoring
• Biopharmaceutical R&D
• Life science research

Yongxin objective lens product line provides a range of high-resolution optical components for microscopy and industrial inspection, achieving sharp and clear imaging through plan-apochromat and high-numerical-aperture design, widely used in life-science research, semiconductor quality control and high-precision geometrical metrology.

Magnification 100X; numerical aperture NA1.49; types include plan apochromat, water immersion, AOI defect inspection and white-light interferometry; AOI objectives for patterned-wafer appearance defect inspection; white-light interferometry objectives non-contact 3D surface measurement at nanoscale accuracy

• Microscopic imaging
• Semiconductor wafer defect inspection
• 3D surface topography measurement
• Biomedical research

A high-precision optical inspection instrument based on the reflective centering principle, used to measure with high accuracy the decentration of the optical axis of various spherical lenses and suited to edging, cementing and assembly processes on production lines.

Uses the reflective centering principle to measure spherical lens optical axis decentration with high precision; mainly used for in-line inspection and control on lens edging, cementing and assembly lines.

• In-line inspection on optical lens edging lines
• Lens cementing and assembly
• Optical component manufacturing process control

A product line of microscope accessories including fluorescence illuminators, motorised control platforms, multi-viewing systems, condensers and objective turrets, used to extend the functions and observation modes of microscopy systems.

The LED fluorescence vertical illuminator provides stable fluorescence excitation illumination; the NMC-3 is a motorised microscope control platform supporting motorised stage and focusing control; the NE900 series multi-viewing system lets several people observe at the same time.

• Microscopy system function expansion
• Fluorescence microscopy observation
• Multi-viewer teaching
• Laboratory automation

The company's core automotive optics product line, offering automotive lens design and manufacturing services and lens solutions for automotive ADAS, active safety assistance systems and autonomous driving; the products cover front view, rear view, surround view, interior view and electronic mirror (CMS).

Custom development supported; certified to the IATF16949 automotive quality management system, with products passing automotive-grade environmental stress and reliability testing; capable of meeting wide-temperature operation and high reliability requirements.

• ADAS advanced driver assistance
• Autonomous driving
• Surround view and parking assistance
• Driver monitoring (interior view)
• Electronic mirror CMS

With a decade of R&D and manufacturing experience in the LiDAR market, the company supplies complete optical component solutions for mechanical, semi-solid-state and solid-state LiDAR and is an important partner of leading global LiDAR makers.

Rotating mirrors serve optical scanning across different fields of view and are widely used in high-precision long-range LiDAR, offering high reliability and stable scanning performance, in three-, four- and five-faceted versions; galvanometer mirrors are customisable; IATF16949 certified and passing automotive-grade environmental stress and reliability tests.

• Automotive LiDAR
• Autonomous driving perception
• Intelligent robots
• Unmanned equipment

A LiDAR transmit and receive lens product line; the TX lens is a highly collimated laser/LED transmit lens delivering uniform spots over long distances, while the RX lens is a highly stable laser collimation module that keeps beam quality undistorted across a wide temperature range.

The highly collimated laser/LED transmit lens delivers uniform light spots over long distances; the RX lens keeps beam quality undistorted across a wide temperature range and is a key component for LiDAR and automotive optical communication; customisation on demand is supported.

• Automotive LiDAR
• Automotive optical communication
• Intelligent vehicle lighting systems
• Robot perception

An emerging direction in the company's automotive optics business, supplying optical modules and lenses for AR-HUD. The compact high-resolution image generation lens is designed specifically for DLP/LCoS microdisplays to project ultra-high-quality AR-HUD imagery.

The PGU projection lens is designed specifically for DLP/LCoS microdisplays, achieving ultra-high-quality AR-HUD image projection; the collimation lens is a highly stable laser collimation module that keeps beam quality undistorted across a wide temperature range; customisation on demand is supported.

• AR-HUD head-up display
• Automotive projection display
• Smart cockpit

Optical lens products for smart vehicle lighting: the intelligent matrix headlamp optical lens supports ADB adaptive high beam and projection-type warning functions, improving driving safety and lighting intelligence.

Supports ADB adaptive high beam and projection-type warning functions; the DLP projection lens serves smart headlamps and projection-type vehicle lights; customisation on demand is supported.

• Intelligent matrix vehicle lamps
• ADB adaptive high beam
• Projection-type lamp warning
• Automotive optical communication

One of the company's three core businesses: a supplier of optical components for the world's leading barcode scanning machine vision equipment, with products spanning parts, lenses and modules, in long-term deep cooperation with global giants such as Zebra, Honeywell, Datalogic and Cognex.

Possesses ultra-precision optical component manufacturing capability and, starting from high-mix low-volume customisation, can lead the supply of technical product solutions with rapid process and inspection response; a chip packaging line has been established and several barcode scanning module products developed, completing the transition from Tier 2 to Tier 1 supplier; global shipments of barcode scanning optical components are leading, with gross margins long sustained at around 40%.

• Barcode scanning equipment
• Machine vision
• Industrial automation
• Internet of Things
• Intelligent inspection

A machine vision lens product line widely used in security, equipment automation and intelligent inspection, forming an important part of the company's optical components business.

Offers custom design and manufacturing capability with fast delivery of high-mix low-volume orders; applies ultra-precision optical processing and inspection processes to ensure imaging quality and batch-to-batch consistency.

• Security surveillance
• Equipment automation
• Intelligent inspection
• Industrial machine vision

The professional optics segment, one of the company's two emerging businesses, has built long-term cooperation with several leading domestic semiconductor equipment enterprises in ultra-precision optics; its products are widely used in lithography equipment and semiconductor optical metrology and inspection equipment and other key process tools, and it has entered the core subsystems of lithography machines (alignment system, illumination system and so on).

Products cover key stages including lithography, metrology and inspection; AOI defect inspection objectives serve appearance defect inspection of patterned wafers and white-light interferometry objectives achieve nanoscale non-contact three-dimensional surface measurement; the order backlog continues to grow.

• Semiconductor lithography equipment
• Semiconductor optical metrology and inspection equipment
• Wafer defect inspection
• Core semiconductor process equipment

The professional optics business rests on two foundations: first, the precision optical manufacturing processes and engineering optics deployment experience accumulated in mature businesses such as photography and videography and sports optics; second, the joint development of high-end imaging lenses with overseas optical manufacturers to bring industrial inspection and professional imaging lenses to scale.

Cooperation with a leading German optical enterprise continues to deepen and high-end industrial inspection and professional photography and videography lens projects advance steadily; scale delivery is achieved through a full process chain of precision optical processing (polishing, moulding, injection moulding, coating, cementing and more).

• Professional photography and videography
• Sports optics
• High-end industrial inspection
• Professional imaging equipment

The company has nearly two decades of manufacturing experience serving major aerospace projects, taking part in the lunar exploration programme and the space microscope experiment instrument on the Chinese space station; it built four spaceborne surveillance camera lenses that monitored critical satellite manoeuvres and imaged the Earth and Moon. It is also laying out space laser communication in advance, having established cooperation with a leading satellite laser communication enterprise and received small-batch orders.

Spaceborne surveillance camera lenses offer space environment adaptability and high reliability; the country's first space microscope experiment instrument, which the company manufactured, is now aboard the Chinese space station; space laser communication optical components have won small-batch orders.

• Aerospace engineering
• Satellite surveillance imaging
• Space station scientific experiments
• Space laser communication

Transparent optical components made from optical glass that change the direction of light by refraction to converge, diverge or collimate a beam; they are core components of optical equipment such as cameras, microscopes and telescopes and include convex, concave and compound lenses.

Spherical polishing: materials include infrared materials, optical glass, Si and quartz, diameter Phi0.8-Phi200 mm, radius of curvature R>0.5 mm, centre thickness tolerance +/-0.01 mm, surface imperfection 2*0.0063, surface figure 1(0.2); cylindrical polishing: diameter 2-200 mm, radius of curvature >5 mm, reflection decentration 0.5 arcmin (5 micrometres); the smallest lens machinable is 0.8 mm in diameter.

• Medical optical lenses
• Endoscopes
• Surgical microscopes
• Cameras and telescopes
• Microscopes

Widely used in optical systems such as endoscopes and surgical microscopes to bend the optical path or split a beam. Besides conventional 90-degree and 45-degree turning prisms, the company mass-produces prisms with viewing angles of 12, 25, 30 and 70 degrees; coating is the key advantage affecting final imaging performance.

Prism polishing: clear aperture 1.5-150 mm, prism angle error 30 arcsec, surface figure 0.1 lambda per inch, surface imperfection 2*0.0063; prism machining: size 1.5-20 mm, dimensional tolerance +/-0.005 mm, local light fan error 0.1 lambda per inch; cemented prisms 1-80 mm, local power error 0.2 lambda, angle tolerance 1 arcmin, withstanding temperatures up to 134 degrees Celsius.

• Endoscope optical systems
• Surgical microscopes
• Optical imaging equipment
• Medical optical equipment

Custom filters of many kinds, including narrowband, notch, bandpass, dual-channel, three-channel and four-channel filters; some fluorescence filters are available as standard parts (ICG, for example).

Standard precision: average transmittance >90% in UV/visible/NIR bands with optical density 4, bandpass peak transmittance >90% at 3-100 nm full width at half maximum; high precision: average transmittance >95% with optical density 7, bandpass peak transmittance >93% at 3-100 nm FWHM; neutral density filters with optical density 0.1-4.

• Fluorescence microscopic imaging
• Medical optical systems
• LiDAR and optical sensing
• Spectral analysis and testing

Sapphire windows in round, oval, horseshoe and other shapes, with sapphire metallisation services available, offering high hardness, high light transmission and corrosion resistance.

Diameter 1-50 mm, centre thickness tolerance +/-0.01 mm, surface imperfection 2*0.016, surface figure 1(0.2); anti-reflective coating with standard precision average reflectance <0.4% in UV/visible/NIR bands and high precision <0.2%; metallisation specifications customisable.

• Medical optical equipment
• Endoscope windows
• Optical windows for harsh environments
• Industrial and semiconductor optics

In high-end medical optical equipment (surgical microscopes, endoscope systems, optical coherence tomography scanners, laser therapy devices and so on) structural parts are the decisive factor ensuring long-term precision, stability and reliability; they can be customised to requirements.

Can machine metallic materials (aluminium, copper, stainless steel, magnesium alloy and so on) and non-metallic materials (PEEK, for example); machining methods include four-axis and five-axis machining centres; precision engraving and mechanical machining capacity is also available.

• Surgical microscopes
• Endoscope systems
• Optical coherence tomography scanners
• Laser therapy devices
• High-end medical optical equipment

The company's core medical optics product line; the flexible and rigid endoscope lenses and modules it has developed cover flexible endoscopes, rigid endoscopes, surgical microscopes and other medical equipment; in 2023 it broke through the technical bottleneck of high-end endoscope lenses and achieved domestic substitution of optical sub-assemblies.

Flexible endoscope imaging lenses suit gastroscopes, colonoscopes and other flexible endoscopes, being compact and resistant to bending; white-light objectives for electronic rigid endoscopes serve laparoscopes, thoracoscopes and other rigid endoscopes; fluorescence objectives for electronic rigid endoscopes are compatible with indocyanine green (ICG) and methylene blue (MB) fluorescent contrast agents; endoscope objectives are available from stock in 0-degree and 30-degree standard versions; the smallest lens machinable is 0.8 mm in diameter and appearance requirements can reach 2*0.0063; OEM/ODM supported.

• Flexible endoscopes (gastroscopes, colonoscopes)
• Rigid endoscopes (laparoscopes, thoracoscopes)
• Fluorescence-guided surgery
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Surgical microscopes

Stereoscopic endoscope imaging modules that use standard lenses tuned to customer requirements. The 3D white light module simulates human binocular parallax through two parallel optical channels, giving surgeons a true surgical field of view with depth and stereoscopy; the 3D 4K fluorescence module adds near-infrared fluorescence imaging on top of 3D stereoscopic vision so that functional and anatomical information can be visualised on the same screen.

Parallax stereoscopic imaging through dual optical channels; the 3D 4K fluorescence module integrates near-infrared fluorescence imaging to display tissue perfusion, the lymphatic system or specific tumour markers in real time and in situ; module tuning and customisation based on standard lenses are supported.

• Minimally invasive surgery
• Fluorescence-guided surgery
• Endoscope imaging systems
• Surgical microscopes

An optical sub-assembly product line for surgical microscopes and fine surgery, including stereoscopic display eyepieces used together with surgical microscopes, surgical loupes that provide a locally magnified field of view for fine procedures in ophthalmology and dentistry, and key optical sub-assemblies for surgical microscopes.

Stereoscopic display eyepieces provide a 3D stereoscopic field of view that helps surgeons judge tissue depth; surgical loupes are light and easy to wear without hindering the surgeon; key optical sub-assemblies for surgical microscopes have achieved technical breakthroughs and won orders; OEM or customer-specific custom development is supported.

• Surgical microscopes
• Ophthalmic surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Dental surgery
• Fine surgical procedures

Optical lenses and instruments dedicated to dentistry: the intraoral scanning lens is compact, portable and anti-fogging, quickly scanning tooth surfaces to obtain three-dimensional data; the company is also developing dental surgical microscopes to provide optical solutions for oral diagnosis and treatment.

The intraoral scanning lens features an anti-fog design and supports rapid three-dimensional scanning and 3D data acquisition; OEM or customer-specific custom development is supported; the company holds a medical device production licence and the relevant medical device registration and filing qualifications.

• Intraoral scanning and digital impressions
• Orthodontic treatment planning
• Crown restoration
• Dental surgery

Building on its technical accumulation in high-end microscopes, the company has entered the medical instrument field, developing embedded microscopy systems, pathology slide scanners and dental surgical microscopes, and is progressively entering the ophthalmic and neurosurgical surgical microscope market.

Whole-instrument medical device development draws on integrated optics, mechanics, electronics, computing and software capability; in 2025 the ophthalmic surgical navigation microscope passed its mid-term acceptance review; the company holds a medical device production licence, a medical device production filing certificate and domestic medical device registration qualifications.

• Clinical pathology diagnosis
• Ophthalmic surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Dental diagnosis and treatment
• Medical device manufacturing

Eyepiece-type optical components for microscopes, telescopes, birdwatching scopes and various other instruments.

High-eyepoint, wide-angle viewing design with an achromatic optical system; manufactured by precision polishing, coating and cementing processes, with specifications customisable to customer requirements.

• Microscopes
• Telescopes
• Birdwatching scopes
• Various optical instruments

Custom optical systems for transmission and reflection imaging, flexibly accommodating tube lenses, filters and eyepiece objectives, and covering imaging, illumination, focusing and motorised stage components that can be combined on demand, delivering efficient and reliable optical solutions for research, semiconductor metrology and inspection, and medical equipment.

Customisation of transmission/reflection imaging systems supported; full coverage of tube lenses, filters and eyepiece objectives; imaging, illumination, focusing and motorised stage components combinable on demand; a full process chain covering polishing, moulding, injection moulding, edging, precision engraving, coating, cementing, inking, printing, assembly and mechanical machining.

• Research optical systems
• Semiconductor metrology and inspection equipment
• Medical equipment
• Industrial inspection and automation

Registered core optical component product categories of the company, comprising imaging display optical systems and optical window devices, belonging to the optical instruments, parts and accessories product class.

Design, processing and inspection capability for ultra-precision optical components, covering volume manufacturing of optical windows and imaging display optical paths; interferometers, UA3P profilometers, optical centering instruments and other precision equipment are deployed in processing and inspection.

• Imaging display equipment
• Optical instruments
• Industrial and medical optical systems