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OPTICAL
MIRRORS
758
Optics
Polarizers
Extinction Ratio
Tp/Ts
Transmission
Efficiency
Glan-Laser
Calcite Polarizers
see page 764
>100000:1
Tp >92%–95%
Glan-Thompson Calcite Polarizers
see page 763
>100000:1
Ts >90%
Features/Applications
Extreme polarization purity, very broadband,
air spaced design for high damage threshold,
exit apertures provide for safe
escape of rejected polarization
500 W/cm2 CW, 4 J/cm2 with 10
nsec pulses, typical (uncoated)
Very high polarization purity,
large acceptance angle, compact design,
less expensive than calcite polarizers
1000 W/cm2 CW, 6 J/cm2 with
13 nsec pulses at 1064 nm (pass),
typical
30 W/cm2 CW, 0.17 J/cm2 with
13 nsec pulses at 1064 nm (block),
typical
Large apertures available,
for lower power laser applications
1 W/cm2 CW, 0.2 J/cm2 with
20 nsec pulses, visible, typical
Tp >95%
High polarization purity and transmission efficiency
over a narrow band, cemented prism pair,
for moderate power lasers
2 kW/cm2 CW, 1 J/cm2 with
10 nsec pulses, typical
>500:1
Tp >90% avg
Moderate polarization purity and transmission
efficiency over a wide band, cemented prism pair,
for moderate power lasers
2 kW/cm2 CW, 1 J/cm2 with
10 nsec pulses, typical
High-Energy Nd:YAG Laser
Polarizing Cube Beamsplitters
see page 746
>200:1
Tp >95%
Moderate polarization purity and high transmission
efficiency over a narrow band, optically
contacted prism pair, for high power lasers
10 J/cm2 with 10 nsec pulses,
typical
High-Energy Nd:YAG
Laser Thin Film Polarizers
see page 765
>100:1
Tp >95%
Thin Film Polarizers
for Ultrashort Pulses
see page 769
Tp/Ts>5:1 & 95:1
Tp>95% avg.
Polarcor™ Linear Polarizers
see page 767
>10,000:1
Precision Linear Polarizers
see page 768
>150–4,000:1
Laser Line Polarizing Cube
Beamsplitters see page 579
>1,000:1
Broadband Polarizing Cube
Beamsplitters see page 577
Tp >79-94%
High damage threshold, high transmission efficiency
5 MW/cm2 CW, 5 J/cm2 with
at Nd:YAG wavelengths
10 nsec pulses at 10 Hz @ 1064 nm
Low dispersion minimizes pulse broadening,
high transmission efficiency over the Ti:Sapphire
tuning range
MULTI-ELEMENT
OPTICAL ASSEMBLY
OPTICAL
MODULATORS
CLEANING & OTHER
LAB ESSENTIALS
Laser Damage Threshold
Extreme polarization purity, very broadband,
cemented calcite prism design for lower power laser 1 W/cm2 CW, 0.1 mJ/cm2 with
use, large acceptance angle permits use with
10 nsec pulses, typical (uncoated)
diverging and converging beams
BEAM
EXPANDERS
OPTICAL WINDOWS &
CYLINDRICAL &
DIFFRACTION GRATINGS ACHROMATIC LENSES
PRISMS AND
RETRO-REFLECTORS
WAVEPLATES AND
POLARIZERS
BEAMSPLITTERS
SPHERICAL AND
ASPHERICAL LENSES
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