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 variation in wavelength or temperature will result in significant changes in the desired fractional retardance.
Specifications:
| Material: | Quartz | |
| Dimension Tolerance: | +0.0/-0.1 | |
| Wavefront distortion: | λ /8@633nm | |
| Retardation Tolerance: | λ /300 | |
| Parallelism: | <1 arc second | |
| Surface Quality: | 20-10 | |
| Clear Aperture: | Central 90% | |
| AR Coating: | <0.2% @wavelength | |
| Holder: | refer to
Holders for waveplates |
| Artifex Engineering | |
|---|---|
| Product Category | Waveplates and Retardation Plates |
| Product Name | Low-order Waveplate |
| Surface Flatness | λ/8 |
| Surface Quality | 20-10 Scratch / Dig |
| Retardation | Half |
| Polarizer Features | Anti-Reflection Coating |
