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Retarder Type
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Specificities
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Applications
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Price
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Industrial grade
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Spacer (few microns) over
the aperture • Large aperture • Thin substrates • Phase distortions (spherical) • L ow beam deviation |
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Polarization manag.
• Polarization vision |
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Scientific grade
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Low phase distortions
• No beam deviation • No spacers over the aperture • Aperture 10 mm • Thick substrates • Broadband AR coating |
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Interferometry
• Metrology • Use in an imaging plane • collimated laser beam |
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Custom
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Larger apertures.
• High switching speeds. • Large quantities/low price. • Zero phase shift |
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Custom adapted cells
for industrial applications • Specific scientific applications |
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