Polished windows with holes, lenses, prisms for applications in the UV-visible and near-IR spectral regions.
Materials: ZnSe, Ge, CaF2
Beam combiners. It is a combination of beam splitters and mirrors that combine individual light sources with different spectra into one common output beam.
Materials: ZnSe, N-BK7, fused quartz
Beam splitters.
This is a type of optical element that allows light to be split into two or more beams traveling along different optical paths. A beam splitter can also combine multiple beams of light into one.
There are several types of beam splitters, which differ in the method of splitting the light. The most common methods are reflection (mirror beam splitters) and refraction (prisms and interference-based plates).
There are many types of beam splitters, including plane-parallel windows, cubic and film splitters.
Translucent mirrors (high reflectance, high transmittance mirrors): These beam splitters reflect some light and transmit some light. They are used, for example, in interferometers and laser systems.
2. Polarizing beam splitters: They separate light into components with different polarizations. An example is the polarizing cubic beam splitter that was mentioned earlier.
3. Spectral beam splitters: These separate light into components of different wavelengths (spectral components). Examples are prisms and diffraction gratings.
4. Fiber Beam Splitters: These devices are used in optical fiber systems to split light between different fibers or to mix light from different sources.
5. Balancing Beamsplitters: These split light in two directions and can be used to distribute light evenly across multiple channels or fibers.
6. Power Dividers: These devices distribute the incoming light flux evenly among multiple outputs without changing its intensity. They are often used in optical communication networks.
7. Amplitude and phase dividers: These divide the output light based on the amplitude or phase of the incoming wave.
8. Dichroic beam splitters: They separate light based on spectral characteristics, allowing certain wavelength ranges to pass through and others to be reflected.
Each of these types of beam splitters has its own unique applications in optics and optical systems, depending on the requirements for splitting light along different parameters.
Materials: ZnSe, N-BK7, fused quartz, KU-1, K8
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