Rochon polarizer is one of the earliest designs, which is made of two birefringent material prisms cemented together. Both ordinary and extraordinary beams propagate collinearly down the optic axis in the first prism under the ordinary refractive index. Upon entering the second prism the ordinary beam experiences the same refractive index and continues undeviated. The extra-ordinary beam, however, now has a lower refractive index and is refracted at the interface. The angle of refraction is further increased at the birefringent material/air exit surface. Any separation angle can be designed for specific wavelength upon the requirement. The separation angle of standard products vs wavelength is shown in the plot below.
Separation Angular of Standard Products vs Wavelength
 a -BBO, 190-3500nm |
 Quartz, 200-3300nm |
 YVO4, 400-4000nm |
Specifications:
| Material: | a -BBO, Calcite, YVO4, Quartz | |
| Wavelength Range: | a -BBO:190-3500 nm,YVO4:400-4000nm,Quartz:200-2300nm | |
| Extinction Ratio: | Quartz:<5x10 -5 ; a -BBO, YVO4:<5x10 -6 | |
| Parallelism: | <1 arc Min |  |
| Surface Quality: | 20-10 | |
| Beam Deviation: | < 3 arc minutes | |
| Wavefornt Distortion: | l/4@633nm | |
| Damage Threshold: | >500 MW/cm 2 | |
| Coating: | Single MgF2 | |
| Mount: | Black Anodized Aluminium | |
WSP Separation Angle
RCP5000 |
RCP6000 |
RCP8000 |
RCP9000 |
|
130 |
1.40 |
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150 |
1.62 |
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170 |
1.59 |
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190 |
1.55 |
13.93 |
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200 |
1.53 |
12.78 |
1.46 |
|
266 |
1.44 |
9.82 |
1.23 |
|
355 |
1.39 |
8.80 |
1.12 |
|
400 |
1.37 |
8.58 |
13.09 |
1.09 |
532 |
1.35 |
8.25 |
11.45 |
1.04 |
633 |
1.34 |
8.14 |
10.93 |
1.03 |
808 |
1.33 |
8.05 |
10.50 |
1.01 |
980 |
1.32 |
8.02 |
10.29 |
1.00 |
1064 |
1.32 |
8.00 |
10.22 |
1.00 |
1319 |
1.31 |
8.01 |
10.09 |
1.00 |
1550 |
1.30 |
8.03 |
10.03 |
1.00 |
2000 |
1.28 |
8.11 |
9.96 |
1.00 |
2500 |
1.25 |
8.23 |
9.91 |
|
3000 |
1.22 |
8.39 |
9.88 |
|
4000 |
1.13 |
8.83 |
9.83 |
|
5000 |
1.01 |
9.43 |
9.79 |
|
6000 |
0.85 |
Standard Products
1. a -BBO Rochon Polarizer
Part No. |
Extinction Ratio |
Separation Angle(°) |
C.A. f a (mm) |
O.D. f d (mm) |
L±0.1(mm) |
Price/pc in US$ for different pcs range |
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qty<=5 |
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| qty>15 |
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RCP6006 |
<5x10 -6 |
8.0°-14° 8°@775nm |
6.0 |
15.0 |
14.0 |
$319.00 |
$269.00 |
$199.00 |
RFQ |
RCP6008 |
8.0 |
25.4 |
16.0 |
$399.00 |
$319.00 |
$269.00 |
RFQ |
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RCP6010 |
10.0 |
25.4 |
18.0 |
$499.00 |
$399.00 |
$319.00 |
RFQ |
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RCP6015 |
15.0 |
30.0 |
23.0 |
$699.00 |
$599.00 |
$519.00 |
RFQ |
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RCP6020 |
20.0 |
38.0 |
28.0 |
$999.00 |
$899.00 |
$799.00 |
RFQ |
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2. Quartz Rochon Polarizer
Part No. |
Extinction Ratio |
Separation Angle(°) |
C.A. Φ a (mm) |
O.D. fΦd (mm) |
L±0.1(mm) |
Price/pc in US$ for different pcs range |
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qty<=5 |
|
|
qty>15 |
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RCP9006 |
<4x10 -6 |
1.0°-1.5° 1°@980nm |
6.0 |
15.0 |
36.0 |
$229.00 |
$189.00 |
$159.00 |
RFQ |
RCP9008 |
8.0 |
25.4 |
46.0 |
$299.00 |
$229.00 |
$199.00 |
RFQ |
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RCP9010 |
10.0 |
25.4 |
28.0 |
$369.00 |
$299.00 |
$259.00 |
RFQ |
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RCP9015 |
15.0 |
30.0 |
38.0 |
$449.00 |
$399.00 |
$339.00 |
RFQ |
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RCP9020 |
20.0 |
38.0 |
48.0 |
$599.00 |
$499.00 |
$439.00 |
RFQ |
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3. YVO4 Rochon Polarizer
Part No. |
Extinction Ratio |
Separation Angle(°) |
C.A. Φ a (mm) |
O.D. Φ d (mm) |
L±0.1(mm) |
Price/pc in US$ for different pcs range |
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qty<=5 |
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qty>15 |
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RCP8006 |
<5x10 -6 |
9.8°-13.0° 10°@1064nm |
6.0 |
15.0 |
14.0 |
$329.00
|
$299.00 |
$249.00 |
RFQ |
RCP8008 |
8.0 |
25.4 |
16.0 |
$399.00
|
$329.00 |
$299.00 |
RFQ |
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RCP8010 |
10.0 |
25.4 |
16.0 |
$489.00
|
$399.00 |
$329.00 |
RFQ |
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RCP8015 |
15.0 |
30.0 |
20.0 |
$619.00
|
$539.00 |
$499.00 |
RFQ |
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RCP8020 |
20.0 |
38.0 |
25.0 |
$899.00
|
$829.00 |
$779.00 |
RFQ |
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4. MgF2 Rochon Polarizer
Part No. |
Extinction Ratio |
Separation Angle(°) |
C.A. Φa (mm) |
O.D. Φ d (mm) |
L±0.1(mm) |
Price/pc in US$ for different pcs range |
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qty<=5 |
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qty>15 |
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RCP5006 |
<5x10 -5 |
1.35o@532 nm |
6.0 |
15.0 |
20.0 |
$399.00
|
$319.00 |
$259.00 |
RFQ |
RCP5008 |
8.0 |
25.4 |
24.0 |
$499.00
|
$399.00 |
$299.00 |
RFQ |
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RCP5010 |
10.0 |
25.4 |
28.0 |
$599.00
|
$499.00 |
$399.00 |
RFQ |
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RCP5015 |
15.0 |
30.0 |
38.0 |
$799.00
|
$699.00 |
$599.00 |
RFQ |
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RCP5020 |
20.0 |
38.0 |
48.0 |
$1099.00
|
$999.00 |
$899.00 |
RFQ |
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Call for OEM quantity pricing
and Custom Design Polarizer.
A wide variety of custom design Rochon Polarizer are available upon
request
Customer Designed Separation Angle at Certain Wavelength is available
upon request
Custom Size Mount is available upon request
AR coated Polarizer is available upon request