Retarders

Retarders modify the polarization state of light by introducing a phase shift between two orthogonal polarization components. This phase shift is typically expressed in units of the wavelength (λ). The most common types are the λ/2 (half-wave) retarder, which is used to rotate the orientation of linear polarization, and the λ/4 (quarter-wave) retarder, which is used to convert linear polarization into circular polarization and vice versa.

Retarders available from our catalogue

Below you can find the Retarders available as catalog items. Click on the respective logos to visit the catalogue pages and explore the products. You can also use the feature filter to identify the type of Retarders best suited for your application.

Here we show the Retarders which are available as catalogue items. It does not claim to provide a complete system from which most optical setups can be realized. It is restricted to a variety of high quality parts which simplify the usage of the optical parts manufactured by us. Please click on the different logos to visit the catalogue article sites and check out the different products. You can use the feature filter to check which type of Retarders suits your application.

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Low Order Waveplates

Narrowband

Aperture > 10 mm

low group delay dispersion

High Power

Zero Order Waveplates

Narrowband

low group delay dispersion

High Power

Vacuum UV

Aperture > 10 mm

Mica Waveplates

Narrowband

low group delay dispersion

Aperture > 100 mm

Achromatic Waveplates

Broadband

low group delay dispersion

High Power

Aperture > 10 mm

Vacuum UV

Superachromatic Waveplates

Ultra Broadband

Aperture > 10 mm

IR Transmission > 3 µm

Fresnel Rhombs

Vacuum UV

Ultra Broadband

IR Transmission > 3 µm

K Prisms

Ultra Broadband

Vacuum UV

Soleil-Babinet Compensators

Adjustable

Ultra Broadband

Vacuum UV

aXiscope / Berek Compensator

Adjustable

Aperture > 10 mm

Vacuum UV

low group delay dispersion

Scientific publications that reference to our Retarders

Here you will find a selection of scientific papers in which our Retarders have been used. The logos represent the various areas of application in which these can be utilized. You can use the two buttons to access either the publication or the corresponding product.

Achromatic waveplate

Polarimetry

RAC

Impact of indirect transitions on valley polarization in WS 2 and WSe 2

Achromatic waveplate

Spectroscopy

RAC

Rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy of 6-methylindole: Structures, transition moments, and permanent dipole moments of ground and excited singlet

achromatic quarter-wave plate

Optical Biomedical Imaging

RAC 3.4.15

Supercritical angle fluorescence for enhanced axial sectioning in STED microscopy

Achromatic waveplate

Optical Biomedical Imaging

RAC 3.3.10

Gated CW-STED microscopy: a versatile tool for biological nanometer scale investigation

Superachromatic waveplate

Biology

RSU

Using structural colour to track length scale of cell‐wall layers in developing Pollia japonica fruits

Achromatic waveplate

Spectroscopy

RSU

Helicity-selective Raman scattering from in-plane anisotropic α-MoO3

Achromatic waveplate

Ultra short laser pulses

RAC 5.4

Breakdown of the single-collision condition for soft X-ray high harmonic generation in noble gases: supplement

Superachromatic waveplate

Polarimetry

RSU 1.4.10

Mueller matrix ellipsometric approach on the imaging of sub-wavelength nanostructures

Superachromatic waveplate

Biology

RSU

Living jewels: iterative evolution of iridescent blue leaves from helicoidal cell walls

Superachromatic waveplate

Ultra short laser pulses

RSU

Dynamic quantum state holography

Achromatic waveplate

Astronomy

NN

high-efficiency “superachromatic” polarimetry optics for use in optical astronomical spectrographS

Superachromatic waveplate

Ultra short laser pulses

RSU

Coherent control mechanisms in bichromatic multiphoton ionization

zero-order waveplate

Ultra short laser pulses

NN

Laser-induced electron diffraction in chiral molecules

Achromatic waveplate

Biology

RAC

Determination of the Molar Fraction and Enantiomeric Excess of Electrosprayed Amino Acid Anions Employing Photoelectron Circular Dichroism

Achromatic waveplate

Spectroscopy

RAC

Excited state dipole moments and lifetimes of 2-cyanoindole from rotationally resolved electronic Stark spectroscopy

Achromatic waveplate

Optical Biomedical Imaging

RAC 3.4.15

Simultaneous multicolor fluorescence imaging using duplication-based PSF engineering

Superachromatic waveplate

Ultra short laser pulses

RSU

Relativistic-intensity near-single-cycle light waveforms at kHz repetition rate

Achromatic waveplate

Spectroscopy

RAC

Structure and excited state dipole moments of oxygen containing heteroaromatics: 2, 3-benzofuran