Achromatic Waveplates
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Air-Spaced Serie ACWP:crystal quartz and MgF2 achromatic waveplates are used in high power.
Thre wavelength ranges are available in both quarter and half wave retardances.
- Retardation tolerance: λ50 - λ100
- Damage thresholds: 2J/cm², 20ns, 20Hz 500kW/cm², CW at 1064nm
- Typical Bandwidth: 300nm at 850nm
- Substrate material: Crsytal Quartz and MgF
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Applications:
- OPO's
- Spectrophotometry
- Astronomy
- Tunable lasers
- Ultra-short femtosecond pulse
Dual Wavelength Waveplates
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Serie QWPD: Dual Wavelength Waveplates
- Retardation tolerance: λ/100 at 20°C typical
- Damage thresholds: 2J/cm², 8ns pulse; 500kW/cm², CW at 1064nm typical
- Multiple order waveplates for narrow bandwidth applications
- Substrate material : Crsytal Quartz
Mica Waveplates
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Serie MWPS: Mica waveplates are inexpensive zero order waveplate solution. They are useful in low power applications, streess analyser, HeNe lasers, and detection schemes.
- Retardation tolerance: λ/20 typical
- Typical Bandwidth: 10nm at 633nm
- Substrate material: Mica and BK7
- Low loss Ar and BBAR coatings are available
Multiple Order Waveplates
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Serie QWPM: Multiple Order Waveplates
- Retardation tolerance: λ/200- λ500 at 20°C
- Damage thresholds: 1J/cm², 8ns pulse; 1MW/cm², CW at 1064nm typical
- Typical Bandwidth: 2nm at 532nm
- Substrate material: Crsytal Quartz
- Sapphire waveplates available f
- MgF2 multipleorder waveplates available for wavelength below 244nm
Polarization Rotators
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Serie RT:Polarization Rotators
- Substrate material: Crystal Quartz
- Damage thresholds: 10J/cm², 8ns pulse; 10MW/cm², CW at 1064nm typical
- Alignment insensitive single wavelength rotator
Zero Order Waveplates
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Series QWPO & PWPS zero order waveplate
Series QWPO zero order waveplate provide retardation of single submultiple 2π in phase.
The birefringence of the polymer is nearly constant with wavelength.
Polymer waveplates are not recommended for application above 600mJ/cm² in visible range or above 4J/cm² in the near infrared.
- Retardation tolerance: λ/200- λ500 at 20°C
- Damage thresholds: 1J/cm², 8ns pulse; 1MW/cm², CW at 1064nm typical
- Typical Bandwidth: 100nm at 800nm
- Substrate material: Crytal Quartz
- MgF2 zero order waveplates available for wavelength below 213nm
The birefringence of the polymer is nearly constant with wavelength.
Polymer waveplates are not recommended for application above 600mJ/cm² in visible range or above 4J/cm² in the near infrared.
- Retardation : λ/4- λ2
- Damage thresholds: 1J/cm², 8ns pulse; 1MW/cm², CW at 1064nm typical
- Typical Bandwidth: 100nm at 800nm
- Substrate material: Birefringent Polymer
- Temperature dependance: 0.15nm / °C
Variable Wave Plates
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The performance of a Soleil-Babinet compensator at a much lower cost Variable zero-order retardance.
Ideal for removing arbitrary ellipticity in your experiment New Focus Berek's variable wave plates modify the polarisation of collimated beams from any other state with the flexibility, convenience and precision previously found only in bulky and expensive Soleil-Babinet compensators.
Waveplates Tutorial
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Waveplates Tutorial:Linear birefringence, Multiple order, Zero order, Achromatic waveplates, Dual Waveplates, Low order, Savart plates, Soleil Babinet compensator.
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