True zero-order crystal wave-plate made of ADP crystal

Hongkai Ren; Zhixin Wu; Zhengping Wang; Fang Wang; Fuquan Li; Xun Sun; Xinguang Xu

doi:10.1117/12.2524588

10 May 2019 True zero-order crystal wave-plate made of ADP crystal

Hongkai Ren, Zhixin Wu, Zhengping Wang, Fang Wang, Fuquan Li, Xun Sun, Xinguang Xu

Proceedings Volume 11068, Second Symposium on Novel Technology of X-Ray Imaging; 110681P (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2524588
Event: Second Symposium on Novel Technology of X-Ray Imaging, 2018, Hefei, China

Abstract

This paper shows a novel design for a true zero-order wave-plate to introduce an accurate phase retardation with a big birefringent crystal. The true zero-order wave-plates can be processed with different angles deviating from the crystal’s axis, and the thickness could be selected from millimeter to centimeter order, which increased the mechanical strength greatly. The true zero-order wave-plates were made of NH₄H₂PO₄ (ADP) crystal, including half wave-plate (HWP) and quarter wave-plate (QWP). When the cutting angle θ is 4^o, the thickness d of 1064 nm TZ half wave plate (HWP) is 2.75 mm. At the room temperature (25°C), its extinction ratio as the polarization rotator reaches 1000:1 at 1064nm by using spectroscopic method. With ADP-QWP, a 18.6 ns pulse output of Q-switched Nd:YAG laser (1064nm) is successively realized. When the static energy is 160 mJ, the dynamic energy reaches 113 mJ. The above contents provide not only good references for wave-plates fabrication of other birefringent crystals, but also more potential applications in largediameter optical systems such as ultra-high power laser, high resolution inspection equipment and astronomical observation equipment with a large-diameter ADP wave-plate.

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Hongkai Ren, Zhixin Wu, Zhengping Wang, Fang Wang, Fuquan Li, Xun Sun, and Xinguang Xu "True zero-order crystal wave-plate made of ADP crystal", Proc. SPIE 11068, Second Symposium on Novel Technology of X-Ray Imaging, 110681P (10 May 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2524588

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