Diagram
Product Type
(Click Product Code)
Operating
Conditions
Extinction Ratio
(Tp/Ts)
Polarizing
Bandwidth
Transmission
Efficiency
Glan-Taylor
Polarizing Prisms
PTY, PTYL
100mJ/cm2,20nsec,
20Hz; 100W/cm2 at
1064nm (typical)
1x10-5
5x10-5
250-2300nm
95% TP
Glan-Thompson
Polarizing Prisms
CLPG
10mJ/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
10W/cm2 cw at
1064nm (typical)
5x10-6
1x10-5
350-2300nm
95% Ts
Glan-Thompson
Polarizing Prisms
PTOL
10mJ/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
10W/cm2 cw at
1064nm (typical)
5x10-6
1x10-5
350-2300nm
95% Ts
Glan-Thompson
Polarizing Beamsplitters
CPBS
10mJ/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
10W/cm2 cw at
1064nm (typical)
1x10-5
350-2300nm
95% Ts
90%Tp
Glan-Laser Polarizers
Linear
CLPA
100mJ/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
100W/cm2 cw at
1064nm (typical)
5x10-5
350-2300nm
95% Tp
Glan-Laser Polarizers
Single Escape Window
CPAS
500mJ/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
500W/cm2 cw at
1064nm (typical)
5x10-5
350-2300nm
95% Tp
Glan-Laser Polarizers
Double Escape Window
CPAD
500mJ/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
500W/cm2 cw at
1064nm (typical)
5x10-5
350-2300nm
95% Tp
Glan-Laser Polarizers
High Power UV
PGU
500MW/cm2 pulsed
(typical)
1x10-6
200-270nm
Wollaston Prism
Polarizers
WLST
10mJ/cm2, 20necs, 20Hz;
10W/cm2 cw at
1064nm (typical)
1x10-5
350-2300nm
95% Ts and Tp
Beam-Displacing
Prisms
PBD, PBDL
1x10-4
5x10-5
350-2300nm
95%Ts and Tp
Rochon Prism
Polarizers
RCHP
Calcite - 10mJ/cm2,
MgF2 - 100mJ/cm2
20nsec, 20Hz; 10W/cm2 cw at
1064nm (typical)
1x10-5
140-6000nm
95% Ts and Tp
Glan Brewster-Angle
Air-Spaced Polarizers
CPBA
1J/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
500W/cm2 cw at
1064nm (typical)
5x10-5
350-2300nm
99% Tp
Broadband Polarizing
Cube Beamsplitters
PBSH
500mJ/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
100W/cm2 cw
at 515nm
500:1
>250nm at
532nm
90%
High-Energy Broadband Polarizing
Cube Beamsplitters
PBSK
5J/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
1MW/cm2 cw
at 1064nm
103:1
at 1064nm
140nm at
532nm
92%
at 800nm
Laser-Line Polarizing
Cube Beamsplitters
PBS
1J/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
at 1064nm; 100W/cm2 cw
at 515nm
1000:1
25nm at
515nm
95%
UV Laser-Line Polarizing
Cube Beamsplitters
UPBS
10mJ/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
10W/cm2 cw
at 266nm
100:1
5nm at
257nm
90%
High-Energy Laser-Line Polarizing
Cube Beamsplitters
PBSO
5J/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
1MW/cm2 cw
at 1064nm
500:1
at 1064nm
5-10nm at
1064nm
95%
High-Contrast
Plate Polarizers
FPC
>10,000:1 at specific wavelengths
>100,000:1 over limited wavelengths
UV: 365-395
VIS: 475-625
VIS-NIR: 600-850
NIR: 800-1800
UV: >52%
VIS: >55%
VIS-NIR: >78%
NIR: >80%
Dichroic Sheet
Polarizers
FPG
10,000:1
380-780nm
30%
unpolarized input
Thin-Film Plate
Polarizers, 56°
TFP
20J/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
1MW/cm2 cw
at 1064nm
200:1
at 1064nm
5nm at
1064nm
95%
at 1064nm
Thin-Film Plate
Polarizers, 45º
TFPN
10J/cm2
20nsec, 20Hz;
1MW/cm2cw
at 1064nm
500:1
at 1064nm
6-8nm
at 1064nm
97%
at 1064nm
Thin-Film Plate
Polarizers, 45º
XEP
2J/cm2
10nsec,
20Hz @ 532nm
10,000:1
6-8nm
at 1064nm
Tp>97%
Low-Dispersion
Polarizers
TFPK
5J/cm2, 50fsec pulse;
50kW/cm2 cw
at 800nm
15:1 Tp2/Ts2where
Tp and Ts are per
surface transmissions
100nm at
800nm
96%
at 800nm
Polarization
Rotators
RT
10J/cm2, 20nsec, 20Hz;
1MW/cm2 cw at
1064nm
10nm at
1064nm
Depolarizers
DPL
2J/cm2, 8-nsec pulse @ 1064nm
500kW/cm2cw
at 1064nm
40nm at
1064nm
99%
at 1064nm

Additional Information:
Beamsplitting Cube & Absorptive Selection
High Energy Laser Polarizer Selection
How to Choose the Right Optic
Polarizer Selection Guide
Polarization Tutorial
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