Our Customers
Topic1: Custom-made products (wave plates) with uncertain delivery dates
(Mar. 24, 2023)
Customer’s issue: Uncertain delivery dates
Our achieved solutions
・Realizing custom-made ultra-wideband specifications that have never been proven
・Delivery dates confirmed even for custom-made specifications
Luceo’s solutions
We will introduce a case study where we completed a custom-made product (wideband product) of our new product, the ultra-wideband wave plate (SB-RETAX), although we cannot provide details.
The request this time started when the customer had been considering inorganic materials, but was unable to confirm the delivery date and contacted us.
In addition, the specifications required a relatively wide wavelength range, which we had no track record in.
Custom-made specifications for SB-RETAX require optical design, which we can do in-house.
After repeated design and prototyping, we were finally able to satisfy the customer’s specifications.
Furthermore, because we can carry out everything from design to processing in-house, we were able to achieve the specifications in just a few months.
After that, we handled mass production.
Reference information
Our super broadband wave plates have a maximum of 450 to 1100 nm in standard specifications.
Wave plates are broadly divided into two types based on the material used.
One is inorganic material-based, such as quartz, and the other is organic material-based, such as resin film.
Our wave plates are the latter organic material-based.
Inorganic material-based materials are more durable than organic material-based materials, but because they are processed from natural minerals, the more custom-made the product is and the larger the size, the more difficult it is to obtain the appropriate material.
Therefore, it is difficult to secure the quantity from the prototype quantity, and as a result, the delivery date cannot be determined.
On the other hand, our organic materials are resin films, so we can obtain and store the materials.
Furthermore, we impart (process) optical functions in-house to the resin films used in our wave plates.
Therefore, we can create custom-made products starting from a single sheet.
That’s all