Features
- Standard wavelength range 237Â nm to 2021Â nm (more on request)
- 8Â mm free aperture
- 1/2λ and 1/4λ retardance
- AR-coated
- Material: crystalline quartz – laser grade
The 10Â mm zero order waveplates provide users with a high-power crystalline quartz retarder with a free aperture of 8Â mm. The waveplates are air spaced and have a stainless steel spacer between two crystalline quartz plates, which form the zero order capability. They are much less sensitive to temperature fluctuations than multiple order waveplates and have a higher thermal stability and power draw than contacted or cemented waveplates.
| waveplates | 10 mm zero order |
| Thickness | 0.3 to 1.3Â mm |
| Wave front deformation | λ/10 @ 632.8 mm |
| Surface quality | 10/5 scratch/dig |
| Parallelism | 0.5 seconds |
| Retardance tolerance | ± 0.005 λ @ 632.8 nm |
| Coating | Antireflective, RÂ <Â 0.25% per surface |
| Damage threshold | 1 kW/cm2 – CW, 3.5 J/cm2 @ 10 ns |
| Diameter | 10Â mm, +0.00/-0.25Â mm without retaining ring; 12.7 or 25.4Â mm, +0.00/-0.25Â mm in retaining ring |
| Thickness in retaining ring | 6.4Â mm (12.7Â mm) or 7.8Â mm (25.4Â mm) |