Overview: Comparing with normal two plates design Zero order waveplates
having a relatively larger thickness which reduces the field
angle, the True zero order wave plates are made of a very thin
plate or cemented with a BK7 substrate, which ensures the best
possible field angle, temperature and wavelength performance.
If the angle between the electric field vector of the linearly
polarized incident beam and the retarder principal plane of the
quarter-waveplate is 45°, the emergent beam is circularly
polarized. When a quarter wave plate is double-passed, such as by
mirror reflection, it acts as a half wave plate and rotates the
plane of polarization to a certain angle. Quarter wavep lates are
used to create circular from linear polarization or vice versa, as
well as for ellipsometry, optical pumping, suppressing unwanted
reflection and optical isolation.
True zero order waveplate is also an ideal case of optical
waveplate for the applications where a large filed angle is
necessary, such as imaging systems.
Main Features of True Zero Order Wave Plate: - Large angle acceptance
- Insensitive to temperature
- Broad spectral bandwidth
General Specifications of True Zero Order
λ/4 Quarter Wave Plate: | Material | Crystalline Quartz + BK7 | | Dimension Tolerance | +0.0/-0.2mm | | Surface Quality | 20/10 scratch and dig | | Clear Aperture | >90% central area | | Wavefront Distortion | <λ/8@632.8nm | | Parallelism | <1 arc seconds | | Retardation Tolerance | <λ/300 | | Standard Wave | quarter-wave(λ/4) | | Coating | Both sides AR coated, R<0.25% per face @ central wavelength | | Damage Threshold | >500mJ/cm2, 20ns, 20Hz @1064nm |
Standard Products of True Zero Order λ/4 Quarter Wave Plate: | Part Number | Type | Diameter
(mm) | Retardation
(λ) | Wavelength
(nm) | Clear Aperture
(mm) | | WPF412-633 | Cemented | 12.7 | λ/4 | 633 | 11.5 | | WPF425-633 | Cemented | 25.4 | λ/4 | 633 | 22.9 | | WPF412-780 | Cemented | 12.7 | λ/4 | 780 | 11.5 | | WPF425-780 | Cemented | 25.4 | λ/4 | 780 | 22.9 | | WPF412-795 | Cemented | 12.7 | λ/4 | 795 | 11.5 | | WPF425-795 | Cemented | 25.4 | λ/4 | 795 | 22.9 | | WPF412-852 | Cemented | 12.7 | λ/4 | 852 | 11.5 | | WPF425-852 | Cemented | 25.4 | λ/4 | 852 | 22.9 | | WPF412-894 | Cemented | 12.7 | λ/4 | 894 | 11.5 | | WPF425-894 | Cemented | 25.4 | λ/4 | 894 | 22.9 | | WPF412-1310 | Cemented | 12.7 | λ/4 | 1310 | 11.5 | | WPF425-1310 | Cemented | 25.4 | λ/4 | 1310 | 22.9 | | WPF412-1550 | Cemented | 12.7 | λ/4 | 1550 | 11.5 | | WPF425-1550 | Cemented | 25.4 | λ/4 | 1550 | 22.9 |
Retardance Graph of True Zero Order Wave Plate:
633nm Ture Zero Order Waveplate
| 780nm Ture Zero Order Waveplate
| 795nm Ture Zero Order Waveplate
| 852nm Ture Zero Order Waveplate
| 894nm Ture Zero Order Waveplate
| 1310nm Ture Zero Order Waveplate
| 1550nm Ture Zero Order Waveplate
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