POLARIZERS
Broad Range of Polarizers Available
Wire Grid Polarizers
Applications:
• Demanding environments
• Broadband applications
• Infrared applications
• Uncollimated light sources
EO Advantage:
• Mounted and unmounted versions available
• Fully documented with 3D models and
technical drawings online
www.edmundoptics.co.uk/2294
Dichroic Film Polarizers
Applications:
• Imaging
• Inspection
EO Advantage:
• Inexpensive
• Large customizable sheets available
• High extinction ratio
www.edmundoptics.co.uk/3435
Dichroic Polarizers
Applications:
• Industrial imaging
• Laboratory experiments
EO Advantage:
• High extinction ratio
• <4 arcmin parallelism
• Diameters from 6.25-50.8mm
www.edmundoptics.co.uk/2342
Glan Polarizers
Applications:
• Laser applications
• Broad wavelength range
EO Advantage:
• λ/2 transmitted wavefront error
• High extinction ratio
• Glan - Thompson, Taylor, and laser
con gurations
www.edmundoptics.co.uk/3686
Polymer Waveplates (Retarders)
Applications:
• Transform between linear and circular
polarization
• Wide acceptance angle
EO Advantage:
• True zero order waveplate performance
• λ/4 and λ/2 retardance
• Multiple wavelengths available
www.edmundoptics.co.uk/3581
High Energy Quartz Waveplates
Applications:
• Laser applications
• Q-Switching lasers
EO Advantage:
• Damage threshold up to >20 J/cm2 @ 1064nm
• UV to NIR design wavelengths available
• λ/10 transmitted wavefront accuracy
www.edmundoptics.co.uk/3875
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Achromatic Waveplates
Applications:
• Optical isolation
• Tunable lasers, broad spectrum light sources
EO Advantage:
• Multiple wavelength ranges available
• Flat response over each broad spectral range
• λ/4 and λ/2 retardance
www.edmundoptics.co.uk/2421
Thin-Film Polarizers
Applications:
• Ultrafast laser applications
• High energy laser applications
EO Advantage:
• Ti:Sapphire, Nd:YAG, and HeNe compatible
• Accepts wide angles of incidence
• High damage thresholds
www.edmundoptics.co.uk/3511
Wollaston Polarizers
Applications:
• Laboratory experiments
• Applications requiring both polarization states
EO Advantage:
• λ/4 transmitted wavefront error
• High extinction ratio
• Wavelengths ranging from 190 - 4000nm
www.edmundoptics.co.uk/3331
EO ADVANTAGE:
• Linear and Circular Polarizers
Available Off-the-Shelf
• Wide Selection of Substrates for UV, Visible,
and Infrared Wavelengths
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