20-10 Scratch / Dig Waveplates and Retardation Plates
from CRYSTECH, Inc.
CRYSTECH is dedicated to manufacturing high precision waveplate for solid-state laser systems. CRYSTECH offers quarter- and half-wave plates in a variety of options including Multiple Order Waveplates, Optical Cemented Zero-Order Waveplates, Air-paced Zero-Order Waveplates, True Zero-Order... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Order: Zero
- Retardation: Quarter (optional feature); Half (optional feature)
- Material: Quartz; MgF2
from CeNing Optics Co., Ltd.
Multiple order waveplates are made from a single crystalline plate, which are designed to give a retardance of several full waves, plus the desired fraction. Multiple order waveplates are more susceptible to change in wavelength and they should not be used more than several nanometers outside of... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Polarizer Application: Infrared; Visible
- Order: Multiple
- Diameter: 5 to 38.1
from CASTECH, Inc.
• High Damage Threshold. • Wide Temperature Bandwidth. • Broad Spectral Bandwidth. • CASTECH's standard coatings are available. • Custom designs for other sizes and coatings are also available upon request [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Order: Zero
- Retardation: Quarter (optional feature); Half (optional feature)
- Material: Quartz
from Electro Optical Components, Inc.
These retardation plates use high optical damage threshold crystal quartz. They are orientated with the optic axis in the plane of the plate and light polarized at 45 ° to the quartz optic axis is resolved into two equal amplitude components that suffer a relative phase retardation due to their... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Polarizer Application: Infrared; Visible; Ultraviolet
- Retardation: Half
- Wavelength Range: 220 to 2800
from CASTECH, Inc.
• Wide Temperature Bandwidth. • CASTECH's standard coatings are available. • Custom designs for other sizes and coatings are also available upon request. [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Order: Multiple
- Retardation: Quarter (optional feature); Half (optional feature)
- Material: Quartz
from CASTECH, Inc.
• High Damage Threshold. • Wide Temperature Bandwidth. • Broad Spectral Bandwidth [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Order: Zero
- Retardation: Quarter (optional feature); Half (optional feature)
- Material: Quartz
from CASTECH, Inc.
• Custom designs for other sizes and coatings are also available upon request. • CASTECH's standard coatings are available. [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Order: Zero
- Retardation: Quarter (optional feature); Half (optional feature)
- Material: Quartz
from CASTECH, Inc.
• Custom designs for other sizes, coatings and holder are also available upon request. • CASTECH's standard coatings are available. [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Order: Zero
- Retardation: Quarter (optional feature); Half (optional feature)
- Material: Quartz
from Tower Optical Corporation
Tower ’s achromatic waveplate (AWP) is similar to a zero-order waveplate, which is made from two pieces of crystal quartz except that the AWP is composed of one piece of crystal quartz and one piece of magnesium fluoride, MgF2. Both of these materials are birefringent, however, by proper... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Diameter: 25.4
- Wavelength Range: 465 to 1650
- Clear Aperture: 12
from Qioptiq
Made of crystal quartz. Antireflective coating (R < 0.2 % at central wavelength). Wavefront distortion: λ/8 (at 632.8 nm). Surface quality: 2 x 0.063 (20/10 scratch and dig). Parallelism better than 1". Retardation tolerance λ/500 (typical). Type S: Single plate (multiple order). [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Order: Zero; Multiple
- Retardation: Quarter; Half
- Polarizer Application: Infrared; Visible
from Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd.
bull; Low cost and fast delivery. • AR coated and high damage threshold. • Wavelength options: from 266nm to 7000nm. • Two material options: Quartz or MgF2 Waveplates. • Low Order Dual Wavelength Waveplates are also available. Low Order Waveplates are a kind of multiple order... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Material: Quartz; Quartz or MgF2
- Wavelength Range: 266 to 7000
- Polarizer Features: Anti-Reflection Coating
from Edmund Optics Inc.
Multiple Ranges Available. Flat Response Over Each Broad Spectral Range. 1/4 λ and 1/2 λ Retardance. Unlike standard waveplates, Achromatic Waveplates (Retarders) provide a constant phase shift independent of the wavelength of light that is used. This wavelength independence is... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Wavelength Range: 610 to 850
- Retardation: Half
- Clear Aperture: 11.5
from EKSMA OPTICS
Operate at both first and second Nd:YAG laser harmonics. Retardation tolerance < λ/300 [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Order: Multiple
- Retardation: Quarter; Half
- Wavelength Range: 400 to 1064
from Artifex Engineering
Unmatched performance in broad band, achromatic retardation at the expense of bulk. Specifications: Material: BK7 Grade A optical glass. Dimension Tolerance: +0.0/-0.2mm. Clear Aperture: >80%. Flatness: λ/10@ 632.8nm. Surface Quality: 20-10 scratch and dig. Wavelength Range: 400-2000 nm... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Wavelength Range: 200 to 2000
- Polarizer Application: Infrared (optional feature); Visible (optional feature); Ultraviolet (optional feature)
- Material: BK7 (optional feature); SF2 (optional feature); UVgr FS (optional feature)
from Foctek Photonics, Inc.
Dual wavelength waveplate is a multiple waveplate that provide a specific retardance at two different wavelengths, it's particularly useful when used in conjunction with other polarization sensitive components to separate coaxial laser beams of different wavelength. [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Diameter: 12.7 to 25.4
- Retardation: Half
- Material: Quartz
from Ross Optical Industries
The low (multiple) order waveplate is designed to give a retardance of several full waves, plus the desired fraction. This results in a single, physically robust component with desired performance. However, even small changes in wavelength or temperature will result in significant changes in the... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Order: Multiple
- Retardation: Quarter; Half
- Polarizer Application: Infrared; Visible; Ultraviolet
from Rainbow Research Optics, Inc.
Your One-Stop Source for Polarizer Optics. From prototype to production, Rainbow Research Optics, Inc. (RROI) manufactures and delivers precision grade and commercial quality polarizer optics and beamsplitters to address applications in the ultraviolet (UV), visible (VIS), and infrared (IR)... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig; 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Material: BK7; SF2; UVgr FS
- Polarizer Application: Infrared; Visible; Ultraviolet
- Polarizer Features: Anti-Reflection Coating
from Tower Optical Corporation
Tower Optical offers this second series of Achromatic Waveplates (AWP ’s) which are built using 25.4 mm substrates of crystal quartz and magnesium fluoride. These substrates are cemented together. This technique helps to control costs by reducing the number of surfaces requiring AR coating... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Diameter: 25.4 to 30
- Wavelength Range: 465 to 1650
- Clear Aperture: 23
from Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd.
bull; NOA61 cemented structure. • High Wavelength and temperature stability. • Widely selectable wavelengths: 200-2000nm for Quartz waveplates, 190-7000nm for MgF2 waveplates. • Damage Threshold >0.5J/cm^2@1064nm, 20ns,20Hz. • Customized Quartz Zero Order Waveplates and MgF2... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Material: Quartz; Quartz
- Wavelength Range: 2000 to 2.00E8
- Polarizer Features: Anti-Reflection Coating
from EKSMA OPTICS
EKSMA OPTICS offers Zero Order Dual Wavelength Plates for Ti:Sapphire and Yb:KGW/KYW lasers. When optical axis is turned by 45 degrees to input polarization, zero order dual wavelength waveplate rotates the fundamental wavelength by 90 degrees and the polarization of second harmonic wavelength... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Clear Aperture: 17
- Order: Zero
- Material: Quartz
from Artifex Engineering
Low cost waveplate, sensitive to variations in wavelength and temperature. The low (multiple) order waveplate is designed to give a retardance of several full waves, plus the desired fraction. This results in a single, physically robust component with desired performance. However, even small... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Polarizer Application: Infrared (optional feature); Visible (optional feature); Ultraviolet (optional feature)
- Retardation: Half
- Wavelength Range: 266 to 1550
from Foctek Photonics, Inc.
The low(multiple) order waveplate is designed to give a retardance of several full waves, plus the desired fraction. This result in a single, physically robust component with desired performance. However, even small changed in wavelength or temperature will result in significant changes in the... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Wavelength Range: 266 to 1550
- Polarizer Application: Infrared; Visible; Ultraviolet
- Diameter: 10 to 30
from Ross Optical Industries
The zero order waveplate is designed to give a retardance of zero full waves, plus the desired fraction. Zero Order Waveplates show better performance than multiple order waveplates. They show a broader bandwidth and a lower sensitivity to temperature and wavelength changes and should be considered... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Order: Zero
- Retardation: Quarter
- Polarizer Application: Infrared; Visible; Ultraviolet
from Tower Optical Corporation
Super Large Zero Order Waveplates – 76.2mm. Laser Quality Crystal Quartz. Air Spaced for High Power. Clear Aperture of 73mm. Mounted or Unmounted. Retardations of 1/2 and 1/4 Wave. Waveplates are AR Coated. Standard Wavelengths. Custom Wavelengths available. Rugged 4 ” Mounting Ring. A... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Order: Zero
- Retardation: Quarter; Half
- Wavelength Range: 405 to 1064
from Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd.
bull; High wavelength and temperature stability. • Decent damage thresholds and eminent surface flatness (20/10 S/D, <1 >. • Widely selectable wavelengths: 200-2000nm for Quartz waveplates, 190-7000nm for MgF2 waveplates. • Damage Threshold >5J/cm^2@1064nm, 20ns,20Hz. •... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Material: Quartz; Quartz
- Wavelength Range: 2000 to 2.00E8
- Polarizer Features: Anti-Reflection Coating
from Artifex Engineering
Better performance than low or multiple order waveplates. The zero order waveplate is designed to give a retardance of zero full waves, plus the desired fraction. Zero order waveplate shows better performance than multiple order waveplates. It has broad bandwidth and a lower sensitivity to... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Order: Zero
- Retardation: Half
- Polarizer Application: Infrared (optional feature); Visible (optional feature); Ultraviolet (optional feature)
from Foctek Photonics, Inc.
The zero order waveplate is designed to give a retardance of zero full waves, plus the desired fraction. Zero order waveplate shows better performances than multiple order waveplates, it has broad bandwidth and a lower sensitivity to temperature and wavelength changes. It should be considered for... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Wavelength Range: 266 to 1550
- Order: Zero
- Diameter: 10 to 30
from Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd.
bull; Exceedingly steady retardation over a broad wavelength range. • Typical wavelength range: 325-1100nm and 600-2700nm (quarter waveplate),310-1100nm and 600-2700nm (half waveplate). • Cemented construction (cemented by NOA61). • 25.4mm (1 inch) mounter configured. • AR... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Polarizer Features: Anti-Reflection Coating
- Wavelength Range: 1100 to 3.25E8
from Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd.
bull; Steady retardance over certain spectral and temperature range. • Ultra-thin Free standing single plate or constructed with substrates. • Wide acceptance angle and precise retardance value. • High damage threshold 1GW/cm2 (single plate versions). • Quartz: Wavelength Range... [See More]
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig
- Material: Quartz; Quartz
- Wavelength Range: 7000 to 5.32E8
- Polarizer Features: Anti-Reflection Coating