LSA-0606 Quartz Multi-order wave plate

A wave plate works by shifting the phase of the incident light wave between two perpendicular polarization components. Liansheng optics offers variety of mounted zero order airspaced waveplates of different clear aperture size and designed for different wavelengths. Waveplates of other types and dimensions are also available upon request.

1.multi-order wave plates are made from high-quality crystalline quartz and provide either quarter-wave or half-wave retardance at a variety of popular wavelengths.

2.Half-wave plates are typically used to rotate the polarization of light ,while quarter-wave plates are chosen if one wants to convert linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light.

3.The term "multi-order" refers to the fact that the retardance of a light path will undergo a certain number of full wavelength shifts (also referred to as the order, or m) in addition to the fractional design retardance.

4.Compared to their zero-order counterparts, the retardance of multi-order wave plates is more sensitive to wavelength and temperature changes.

5.Multi-order wave plates are, however, a more economical solution for many applications where increased sensitivities are not an issue.