Halbo Optics Polarizer Selection Guide

Polarizer Selection

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Choosing the right polarizer for your application can be a bewildering task, as we list a wide range for many different uses. To assist you, we present here a Table of Polarizers with leading parameters listed.

Product	Series	Material	Interface	Max Peak Power (MW/cm²)	Max CW Power (W/cm²)	Field Angle (°)
Standard Glan Taylor	PS	Calcite	Air	20	10	4
Hi-Power Glan Taylor	PH	Calcite	Air	200	100	4
Polarising Beam Splitters	PBS	Calcite	Air	200	100	4
Polarising Beam Combiners	PBC	Calcite	Air	200	100	4
Brewster Angle	PB	Calcite	Air	200	100	4
Glan Thompson - Standard Form	PTS	Calcite	Cement	N/A	1	15
Glan Thompson - Long Form	PTL	Calcite	Cement	N/A	1	25
Beam Splitting Thompson	PTBS	Calcite	Cement	N/A	1	15
Foster Polarizers	PF	Calcite	Cement	N/A	1	15
Calcite Rochon	PR	Calcite	Cement	N/A	1	20
Quartz Rochon	PQR	Quartz	Contact	40	20	5
MGF₂ Rochon	PMR	MGF₂	Contact	40	20	6
Calcite Wollaston	PW	Calcite	Cement	N/A	1	20
Quartz Wollaston	PQW	Quartz	Contact	40	20	5
MGF₂ Wollaston	PMW	MGF₂	Contact	40	20	6
Polarizing Wedge	PSW	Calcite	-	200	100	6
Beam Displacer	BS	Calcite	-	200	100	N/A
UV Beam Displacer	BSF	MGF₂	-	200	100	N/A
Depolarizer, quartz Lyot	LDQ	Quartz/Quartz	Contact	200	100	20
Depolarizer, wedge quartz silica	WDQ	Quartz/Silica	Contact	200	100	20
Depolarizer, wedge MgF₂ LiF	WDM	MgF₂/LiF	Contact	200	100	20
Quarter Wave Fresnel Rhomb	FRQ-BK	BK7	-	200	100	6
Quarter Wave Fresnel Rhomb	FRQ-SI	Silica	-	200	100	6
Quarter Wave Fresnel Rhomb Pair	FRDQ-BK	BK7	Contact	200	100	6
Quarter Wave Fresnel Rhomb Pair	FRDQ-SI	Silica	Contact	200	100	6
Quarter Wave Fresnel Rhomb Pair	FRDQ-CA	CaF₂	Air	200	100	6
Half Wave Fresnel Rhomb Pair	FRDH-BK	BK7	Contact	200	100	6
Half Wave Fresnel Rhomb Pair	FRDH-SI	Silica	Contact	200	100	6
Dichroic Sheet	DP	Polyvinyl	N/A	N/A	3	N/A

If you require further information or assistance with your requirement, please contact us, and we will be pleased to help.