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Waveplates
Quarter wave, eighth wave, half wave, sandwiched, free standing... LightMachinery has extensive expertise in the manufacturing and testing of many kinds of waveplates from satellite applications to telecom. Low order plates (3/4lambda, 5/4lambda, 9/8lambda) with broad bandwidth, and greatly reduced temperature sensitivity in visible and near IR are a particular specialty of LightMachinery.
These devices require high quality, very flat optical surfaces and an understanding of the crystal properties of materials. LightMachinery has developed the skills and special metrology to manufacture and measure waveplate performance. Our automated waveplate mapping system helps us to achieve retardance uniformity of +/- 0.5nm.
Use our simple web based crystal quartz waveplate calculator to determine the thickness a waveplate to meet your requirements. Contact us to help specify your waveplate.
Recent Waveplate Projects
During the manufacturing process a crystal quartz waveplate is sandwiched between two pieces of BK7 and mounted on a large BK7 holder. The final ultra-stable wavplate with +/- 0.5nm of retardance uniformity Our new automated waveplate mapping system provides complete fine resolution maps of waveplate thickness and performance. Providing test data to our customers takes any guess work out of system performance calculations. Try our simple crystal quartz waveplate calculator to help you design a waveplate to meet your requirements. Information or Quote Request
Just fill out the form below to send us your quote request or click here to send us an email and you can attach a drawing.
