Polarzing Beam Displacers

Polarzing Beam Displacers

Materials: alpha-BBOCalcite or YVO4 single crystal. 
Two orthogonally polarized outputso-ray transmits directly, 
   e-ray transmits with a displacement.

 High extinction ratio (> 100,000:1) over specified range of wavelength.
a-BBO dispacers are protective coated, calcite/YVO4 are uncoated.
  Anti-reflective (AR) coating are available upon request.

Standard apertures: 8x8 mm, 10x10 mm, 12x12 mm


displacement
material
aperture
Model Name displacement material aperture Price Availability Action
PDB10005-P Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: a-BBO, Aperture 10x10mm, Beam displacement 0.05mm, Single layer MgF2 coating, OD 1" mounted 0.05mm a-BBO 10x10mm Ask
PDB1010-AR800/400 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: a-BBO, Aperture 10x10mm, Beam displacement 1.0mm, AR@800/400nm, OD 1" mounted 1.0mm a-BBO 10x10mm Ask Out Of Stock
PDB1014 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: a-BBO, Aperture 10x10mm, Beam displacement 1.4mm, OD 1" mounted 1.4mm a-BBO 10x10mm Ask Out Of Stock
PDB1020 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: a-BBO, Aperture 10x10mm, Beam displacement 2.0mm, OD 1" mounted 2.0mm a-BBO 10x10mm Ask Out Of Stock
PDB1020-AR1550/775 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: a-BBO, Aperture 10x10mm, Beam displacement 2.0mm, AR coated @ 1550/775nm, OD 1" 2.0mm a-BBO 10x10 Ask Out Of Stock
PDB1020-AR780/480 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: a-BBO, Aperture 10x10mm, Beam displacement 2.0mm, AR coated @ 780nm and 480nm, UNMOUNTED 2.0mm a-BBO 10x10 USD$999.00
PDB1030 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: a-BBO, Aperture 10x10mm, Beam displacement 3.0mm, OD 1" mounted 3.0mm a-BBO 10x10 Ask Out Of Stock
PDB1030-AR1550/775 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: a-BBO, Aperture 10x10mm, Beam displacement 3.0mm, AR coated @ 1550/775nm, OD 1" 3.0mm a-BBO 10x10 Ask Out Of Stock
PDC12005-AR800/400 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: Calcite, Aperture 12.7x12.7mm, Beam displacement 0.05mm, AR@800/400nm, OD 1" mounted 0.05mm Calcite 12.7x12.7mm USD$519.00 Out Of Stock
PDC12006-AR800/400 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: Calcite, Aperture 12.7x12.7mm, Beam displacement 0.06mm, AR@800/400nm, OD 1" mounted 0.06mm Calcite 12.7x12.7mm USD$499.00 Out Of Stock
PDC1201-AR800/400 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: Calcite, Aperture 12.7x12.7mm, Beam displacement 0.10mm, AR@800/400nm, OD 1" mounted 0.10mm Calcite 12.7x12.7mm USD$479.00 Out Of Stock
PDC1202-AR800/400 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: Calcite, Aperture 12.7x12.7mm, Beam displacement 0.20mm, AR@800/400nm, OD 1" mounted 0.20mm Calcite 12.7x12.7mm USD$499.00 Out Of Stock
PDC0510-810-UM Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: Calcite, Aperture 5x5mm, Beam displacement 1.0mm @ 810nm, AR@810/405nm on both faces, Unmounted 1.0mm Calcite 5x5mm Ask Out Of Stock
PDC1020 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: Calcite, Aperture 10x10mm, Beam displacement 2.0mm, OD 1" mounted 2.0mm Calcite 10x10mm Ask
PDC1027 Polarizing Beam Displacer, Material: Calcite, Aperture 10x10mm, Beam displacement 2.7mm, OD 1" mounted 2.7mm Calcite 10x10mm Ask Out Of Stock
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Specifications of polarizing beam displacers:
 

Dimensions Tolerance:    +/- 0.2 mm
Wavefront Distortion:     < λ/4 @632.8 nm

Scratch/Dig:                 40/20
Beam Deviation:            < 0.5 arc minutes

Extinction Ratio:            > 100,000:1


Coatings:


Unless the coating is specified, PDB (a-BBO) is coated with single-layer MgF2 protective coating (P-coating) to prevent moisture from the polished faces,  PDC (calcite) and PDY (YVO4) are uncoated.

Input and output faces can be AR coated with R<0.25% at the specified central wavelength.
For the inquiry, please specify the coating and append to the part number, e.g. PDC1040-AR800 for the calcite beam displacer with the AR coating @ 800 nm.

Common AR coatings:

α-BBO: 355, 400, 532, 775, 800, 1030, 1064, 1550 nm, and dual AR@800/400n m, 1030/515 nm,  1064/532 nm, 1550/755 nm

Calcite: 775, 800, 820, 1064, and 1550 nm

YVO4: 1064 and 1550 nm

 

Mounts:
 

The displacers are mounted in an OD 1" anodized aluminum (Al) mount.  Unmounted displacers or custom mounts are available upon request.