Unmounted Waveplates

Meadowlark Optics’ Liquid Crystal Polarization Gratings utilize spatially varying birefringence to create highly efficient polarization-sensitive gratings. Circularly polarized light can be directed into either the +1 or -1 order depending on the handedness of the incident light. By using a stack of N LCPGs and half-waveplate ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: Liquid Crystal
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.4 mm
Meadowlark Optics is pleased to present our Ultra-Thin Waveplates. Our proprietary polymer provides high retardance accuracy in a cost-effective product which can be provided in almost any configuration and quantity. Manufactured in-house for wavelengths between 400 and 1550 nm, this retarder is ideal for applications requiring a ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: Polymer, Custom
Mounting: Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.4 mm
LVR: These products all use nematic liquid crystal materials to electrically control polarization. Meadowlark Optics standard liquid crystal products provide tunable retardation by changing the effective birefringence of the material with applied voltage, thus altering the input polarized light to any chosen elliptical, linear or ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: Liquid Crystal
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.5 mm
Meadowlark Optics specializes in precision polymer retarders for the visible to near infrared region. Our Precision Retarders have the highest optical quality and tightest retardance tolerance of all polymer retarders. These true zero-order Precision Retarders consist of a birefringent polymer cemented between two precision polished, ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: Polymer, N-BK7
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.4 mm
Sinoptix offers high-precision custom optical waveplates, ideal for applications requiring phase retardation and polarization modification. Manufactured from premium materials such as N-BK7, HK9L, or quartz substrates, these waveplates ensure exceptional optical clarity and durability. With customizable dimensions and wavelengths, ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order, Multiple Order
Material: Quartz, N-BK7
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: custom mm
Zero Order Waveplates. Half and quarter single-plate waveplates rotate or convert polarization.  True Zero Order (ZO) Waveplate is single plate (if too thin can be bonded or glued to base) of true retardance of less than 1λ. Effective Zero Order (ZO) Waveplate construction involves construction of two ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: Quartz and MgF2, MgF2, Quartz
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Custom
Size: 7-30 mm
Tower’s 10mm Zero order waveplates provide users with a high performance Crystal Quartz retarder with a clear aperture of 8mm. These waveplates are air spaced, having a stainless steel spacer between two crystal quartz plates that form the zero order capability. Zero order waveplates are far less sensitive to temperature ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: Quartz
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round
Size: 10 mm
Achromatic wave plate is a special kind of Zero Order wave plate, comprised of two wave plates made by two different birefringent materials (e.g. crystal quartz and magnesium fluoride). The existence of chromatic dispersion greatly affects the refractive indices of materials. The two birefringent materials which construct the ...

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Waveplate Type: Achromatic
Material: Quartz and MgF2
Mounting: Unmounted
Shape: Round
Size: 12.7 mm
Union Optic can offer single plate high power waveplate now, due to our unique technology, we can make thickness down to 20 microns. Thanks to her high damage threshold, single plate high power waveplate is normally used in high power application.  High Damage ThresholdBetter Temperature BandwidthWide Wavelength ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: Quartz
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.4 mm
Photonchina’s waveplates fabrication starts from quartz materials cutting with their axes oriented within a few arcminutes before being polished to a laser-quality finish, arcsecond parallelism, and <λ/10 wavefront. Their thickness tolerance is a only small fraction of a micron. To verify retardation tolerances, ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order, Multiple Order, Achromatic
Material: Quartz and MgF2, MgF2, Quartz, N-BK7, Custom
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 1-80 mm
Achromatic Waveplate   Achromatic waveplate is made from two different substrate materials such as crystal quartz and magnesium fluoride. For the single material,waveplate’s working wavelength is very limited because of the dispersion of the material. But Achromatic Waveplate uses two different kinds of materials,with the ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order, Multiple Order, Achromatic
Material: Quartz and MgF2, MgF2, Quartz, N-BK7, Custom
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 1-80mm mm
Waveplate is an optic in which the polished faces contain the optical axis. All light incidents normal to the surface are composed of components polarized parallel and perpendicular to the axis. In such a device, light polarized parallel to the axis will propagate slower than light polarized perpendicular to the axis. As the light ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order, Multiple Order, Achromatic
Material: Quartz and MgF2, MgF2, Quartz, Polymer, Mica, N-BK7, Custom, Not Specified
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: custom mm
Middle Infrared zero order waveplate is constructed by two Magnesium Fluoride (MgF2) plates with their fast axis crossed, the two plates are constructed by optically contacted method, the optical path is epoxy free. The difference in thickness between the two plates determines the retardance. Middle Infrared zero order waveplates is ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: MgF2
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.4 mm
Compared with cemented true zero order waveplate, telecom waveplate is only one quartz plate, it is mainly used in fiber communication. Telecom waveplates are thin & compact waveplates specifically designed to meet the demanding requirements of fiber communication component. The half-wave plate can be used for rotating the ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: Quartz
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.4 mm
This waveplate is a special kind of multi order waveplate. Dual wavelength waveplate is designed to be used in dual wavelength setups, for example, it can be operated as a quarter waveplate @1064nm and as a half waveplate @532nm at the same time. It\'s always used to manage the states of polarization of laser beams to obtain maximum ...

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Waveplate Type: Multiple Order
Material: Quartz
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.4 mm
Multiple order waveplate means the retardance of a light path will undergo a certain number of full wavelength shifts in addition to the fractional design retardance. The thickness of multi order waveplate is always around 0.5mm. Compared with zero order waveplate, multi order waveplate is more sensitive to wavelength and temperature ...

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Waveplate Type: Multiple Order
Material: Quartz
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.4 mm
The thickness of a true zero order quartz plate is very thin, it is very easily damaged. In order to solve this problem, we can cement the thin quartz plate on a BK7 substrate to increase the strength. Standard Thickness: 1.1±0.2mmEpoxy CementedModerate Damage ThresholdBetter Temperature BandwidthWide Wavelength BandwidthGood ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: Quartz
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.4 mm
Air spaced zero order waveplate is constructed by two quartz plates installed in a mount, to form a air gap between the two quartz plates. The difference in thickness between the two plates determines the retardance. Zero order waveplates offer a substantially lower dependence on temperature and wavelength change than multi-order ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: Quartz
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.4 mm
Optically Contacted zero order waveplate is constructed by two quartz plates with their fast axis crossed, the two plates are constructed by optically contacted method, the optical path is epoxy free. The difference in thickness between the two plates determines the retardance. Zero order waveplates offer a substantially lower ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: Quartz
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.4 mm
Cemented zero order waveplate is constructed by two quartz plates with their fast axis crossed, the two plates are cemented by UV epoxy. The difference in thickness between the two plates determines the retardance. Zero order waveplates offer a substantially lower dependence on temperature and wavelength change than multi-order ...

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Waveplate Type: Zero Order
Material: Quartz
Mounting: Mounted, Unmounted
Shape: Round, Square, Rectangle, Custom
Size: 25.4 mm
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