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38 mm and 50 mm zero order waveplates

Waveplates

38 mm and 50 mm zero order waveplates

The 38 mm and 50 mm zero order wave plates provide users with a high-power crystalline quartz retarder with a free aperture of 34 mm or 46 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.