Its properties are much better than the multi-order waveplate because of its thinner thickness (less than 0.5mm). Better temperature (38℃), wavelength (1.5nm) and incident angle (4.5°) bandwidth and high damage threshold make it widely used in common application. Also, it is economical for low cost for high damage threshold with thickness 0.2-0.5mm

| Material: | Crystal Quartz |
| Dimension Tolerance: | +0.0, -0.2 mm |
| Retardation: | l/8, l/4, l/2, or l(typical) |
| Retardation Tolerance: | up to l/500 |
| Thickness: | 0.2~0.5mm (determined by retardation) |
| Wavelength Range: | 240-2100 nm |
| Parallelism: | <1 arc second |
| Surface Quality: | 20-10 scratch and dig |