Crystalline Quartz, Achromatic and Mid-Infrared Waveplates

4Lasers offer mounted air-spaced type crystalline quartz and achromatic (broadband) waveplates for your applications.

Crystalline quartz waveplates

Main features
- Zero-order compensated, air-spaced design
- Wide quarter and half waveplate selection
- Mounted in ⌀25,4x6 mm black anodized metal mount
- ⌀18 mm clear aperture
- Antireflective coatings (R<0,15%) on each surface
- Custom size, operating wavelength and retardation available upon request

Application examples
- Linear-to-circular polarization transformation and vice versa
- Linear polarization rotation
- Optical isolation

Achromatic (broadband) waveplates

Main features
- Air-spaced design
- Mounted in ⌀25,4x6 mm black anodized metal mount
- ⌀12 mm and ⌀18 mm clear aperture selection
- Broadband antireflective coatings (R<0,5%) on each surface
- Custom size, operating wavelength range and retardation available upon request

Application examples
- Linear-to-circular polarization transformation and vice versa
- Linear polarization rotation
- Optical isolation

Mid-infrared (IR) waveplates

Main features
- Zero-order, monolithic design
- Operating wavelength selection from 2800 nm to 10600 nm
- Mounted in ⌀25,4x6 mm black anodized metal mount
- ⌀10 mm clear aperture
- Custom size, operating wavelength available upon request

Application examples
- Linear-to-circular polarization transformation and vice versa
- Linear polarization rotation
- Optical isolation

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