Crystalline quartz is a positive
uniaxial crystal with a moderate birefringence over the broad
transparent range from 200 nm to 2300 nm. The excellent physical,
chemical, and optical properties of crystalline quartz such as high transmittance
in ultraviolet, visible and infrared, the
resistance to moisture, high damage threshold, and resistance to scratch
make it the most favourable material for fabrication of birefringent filter plates,
waveplates
and many other birefringent components.
Quartz components for phase or time delay compensations are highly customized. Please
contact us for quartz components that best suit your applications.
Mount
For customer convenience and protection of crystals,
the crystals can be mounted in a 1" ( 25.4 mm) anodized aluminium
(Al) holder upon request. A standard 1"
mirror mount may be conveniently used to tune the crystals for optimized
birefringence or time delay
(Mirror mount and post are not included).
A rotation stage may be further used if a larger angle change is needed.
