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Waveplates

 

Waveplates are made from materials which exhibit birefringence. The velocities of the extraordinary and ordinary rays through the birefringent material vary inversely with their refractive indices. This difference in velocities gives rise to a phase difference when the two beams recombine. In the case of an incident linearly polarized beam, this is given by α=2πd(ne-no)/λ, where is α phase difference; d is thickness of waveplate; ne, no are refractive indices of extraordinary and ordinary rays respectively; λ is wavelength. At any specific wavelength, the phase difference is governed by the thickness of the retarder.

Casix waveplates are widely used in the synthesis and analysis of light in various states of polarization. The wavelengths within the range of 240nm~2100nm are all available at CASIX.


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Low Order Waveplates


    •     Thickness: 0.2-0.5mm

    •     High Damage Threshold

    •     Better Temperature Bandwidth

    •     Low Cost

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Capability:

AttributeCommercialHigh Precision
MaterialCrystal Quartz, MgF2Crystal Quartz, MgF2
Dimension Tolerance+0.0/-0.13mm±0.02mm
Wavefront Distortionλ/8@632.8nmλ/20@632.8nm
Retardation Toleranceλ/120 measured at 632.8nmλ/300 measured at 632.8nm
Wavelength Range240~2100nm240~2100nm
Parallelism3 arc seconds0.6 arc seconds
Surface Quality(Scratch-Dig)20-1010-5
AR/AR CoatingR<0.2% at central wavelengthR<0.1% at central wavelength


Theoretical Retardance Curve

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Zero-Order Waveplates

Cemented & Optically Contacted Zero-Order Waveplates

    •     Double Plates

    •     Broad Spectral Bandwidth

    •     Wide Temperature Bandwidth

    •     AR Coated

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Capability:

AttributeCommercialHigh Precision
MaterialCrystal QuartzCrystal Quartz
Dimension Tolerance+0.0/-0.2mm±0.05mm
Wavefront Distortionλ/4@632.8nmλ/10@632.8nm
Retardation Toleranceλ/120 measured at 632.8nmλ/300 measured at 632.8nm
Wavelength Range400~2100nm240~2100nm
Parallelism (Single Plate)3 arc seconds0.6 arc seconds
Surface Quality(Scratch-Dig)20-1010-5
AR/AR CoatingR<0.2% at central wavelengthR<0.1% at central wavelength


Air-spaced Zero Order Waveplates

    •     Double Retardation Plates

    •     Wide Temperature Bandwidth

    •     Broad Spectral Bandwidth

    •     High Damage Threshold

    •     AR Coated and Mounted

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Capability:

AttributeCommercialHigh Precision
MaterialCrystal QuartzCrystal Quartz
Dimension Tolerance+0.0/-0.2mm±0.05mm
Wavefront Distortionλ/4@632.8nmλ/10@632.8nm
Retardation Toleranceλ/120 measured at 632.8nmλ/300 measured at 632.8nm
Wavelength Range240~2100nm240~2100nm
Parallelism (Single Quartz Plate)3 arc seconds0.5 arc seconds
Surface Quality(Scratch-Dig)20-1010-5
AR/AR CoatingR<0.2% at central wavelengthR<0.1% at central wavelength


True Zero-Order Waveplates

Capability:

AttributeCommercialHigh Precision
MaterialCrystal Quartz,N-BK7Crystal Quartz,N-BK7
Dimension Tolerance+0.0/-0.13mm±0.02mm
Wavefront Distortionλ/8@632.8nmλ/20@632.8nm
Retardation Toleranceλ/120 measured at 632.8nmλ/300 measured at 632.8nm
Wavelength Range400~2100nm240~2100nm
Parallelism 3 arc seconds1 arc seconds
Surface Quality(Scratch-Dig)20-1010-5
AR/AR CoatingR<0.2% at central wavelengthR<0.1% at central wavelength


Cemented True Zero-Order Waveplates

    •     Broad Spectral Bandwidth

    •     Wide Temperature Bandwidth

    •     Wide Angle Bandwidth

    •     Cemented by Epoxy

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Single Plate True Zero-Order Waveplates

    •     Broad Spectral Bandwidth

    •     Wide Temperature Bandwidth

    •     Wide Angle Bandwidth

    •     High Damage Threshold

    •     Standard Wavelength: 1310nm, 1550nm

    •     λ/2 Waveplate

    •     Thickness Down to 0.028mm

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 Achromatic Waveplates

Achromatic waveplates are similar to zero-order except that the two plates are made of different materials, such as crystal quartz and magnesium fluoride.Since the dispersion of birefringence can be different for two materials, it is possible to specify the retardation value at a wavelength range. Hence, the retardation of the resulting waveplate can be made to low sensitivity to wavelength change.。

Based on the contact methods of two plates, achromatic waveplates are classified into two types: air-spaced and cemented.

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Capability:


AttributeCommercialHigh Precision

Substrate Material

Crystal Quartz and MgF2

Crystal Quartz and MgF2

Dimension Tolerance+0.0/-0.2mm±0.05mm
Wavefront Distortionλ/4@632.8nmλ/8@632.8nm
Retardation Toleranceλ/50@700nm~1000nm (NIR)λ/100@700nm~1000nm (NIR)
Wavelength Range400~2100nm400~2100nm
Parallelism (Single Plate)3 arc seconds1 arc seconds
Surface Quality (Scratch-Dig)40-2010-5

Standard Wavelength

VIS:465nm~610nm

NIR:700nm~1000nm
IR:1200nm~1650nm

VIS:465nm~610nm
NIR:700nm~1000nm
IR:1200nm~1650nm

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