American Polarizers, Inc. Datasheets for Waveplates and Retardation Plates

Waveplates and retardation plates are optical elements with two principal axes, one slow and one fast, which resolve an incident polarized beam into two mutually perpendicular polarized beams. The emerging beam recombines to form
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API’s quarter wave retarders are chromatic single layer polymer films offering great performance and clarity. Our wave retarders are optimized at 560nm (140nm OPD). More cost effective than traditional wave...