Table 1: Halfwave plate achromatization for various wavelength ranges from the V band up to the N band. The table summarizes the optimized thicknesses for the chosen doublet materials. The last line gives the total rejection factor.
Filters 500-900 nm (R=1.75) 700-2500 nm (R=0.9) H(R=4.7) K (R=5.5) N (R=4.8)
Couple (a/b) Quartz/MgF2 CdS/CdSe
$d_{\rm a}$ ($\mu$m) 841.1 1488.7 1332.2 1219 1798.1
$d_{\rm b}$ ($\mu$m) 674.7 1168 1057.9 977.1 1618.8
$\tau $ (total rejection) 340 260 7900 $1.47\times
10^{5}$ $2.16\times 10^{5}$


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