Dayoptics has special designed achromatic waveplates
by using two pieces of plate. It is similar to Zero-order waveplate
except that the two plates are made from different materials, such
as crystal quartz and magnesium fluoride. Since the dispersion of
the birefringence can be different for the two materials, it is possible
to specify the retardation values at a wavelength range. From the
curve, you can see that the bandwidth of such achromatic waveplate
is very wide, while the achromatic waveplates remain a nearly constant
retardance over a range of wavelength.
Specifications:
Material: Quartz and MgF2
Wavefront Distortion:λ/8@633nm
Dimension Tolerance:+0.0,-0.1
Retardation Tolerance:λ/100
Parallelism: <1 arc second
Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch/Dig
Clear Aperture: Central 90%
AR Coating: R>0.2% at Central Wavelength
Standard Wavelength:VIS 465-650nm,
NIR 700-1200nm,IR 750-1700nm