Optimized Coating Designs for Polarizing Optics

Beamsplitter coatings are normally produced on plate glass or in cube format.   The incident beam splits into a partially transmitted beam and a partially reflected beam, where the reflected beam is typically directed 90 degrees from the Incident and transmitted beam. Figure 1  Here we discuss a special group of beam-splitters that use polarization and […]

Optical Coatings Enhance Beam-splitter Performance

Beam-splitters are one of the most widely used components in optical systems.  A Beam-splitter is an optical component that divides an incident beam of light into two or more beams by wavelength, polarization, or intensity.  A portion of the beam is transmitted, while the other portion is reflected. Cube and plate Beam-splitters are two of […]