Achromatic Air-Spaced Wave Plates
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Achromatic Air-Spaced Wave Plates SKU: 467-4420

Achromatic waveplates are made from two different materials: crystal quartz and magnesium fluoride with highly efficient broadband antireflection coatings in an air spaced design. Retardation tolerance of our achromatic waveplates is better than λ/100 over the entire…

Variant specifications

Specification Value
Operating wavelength 1200-1650 nm
Retardation λ/4
Group Retardation Lambda/4

Shared product specifications

These specifications apply across the Achromatic Air-Spaced Wave Plates product family.

Material Single crystal quartz and MgF₂
Clear aperture Ø 12.7mm
Ring mount outer diameter 25.4 +0.0 / -0.2 mm
Ring mount thickness 8.0±0.2 mm
Retardation tolerance <λ / 100 over wavelength range
Surface quality 40-20 scratch & dig (MIL-PRF-13830B)
Wavefront distortion <λ / 4 @ 633 nm
Parallelism < 1 arcmin
AR coating R < 0.8%
Laser damage threshold >3J / cm² , 10 nsec, 1064 nm typical

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