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Polarizing Filters

A polarizing filter is a filter that polarizes light passing through it. It is possible to fabricate sheets of plastic or gelatin that contain birefringent crystals so oriented as to pass only polarized light. Such sheets are more convenient to use than polarizing prisms.

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Rainbow Research Optics LLC - Centennial, CO

Manufacturer of precision optical components and high-power laser coatings from UV to IR. Stock and custom optics: lenses, beamsplitters, filters, windows, mirrors, wave plates, large wedges, prisms, and many more. In-house custom coatings: AR, high reflection, dichroic, and polarizing. Optics from 4 mm to 16 inches.

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3 products

LASEROPTIK GmbH - Garbsen, Germany

LASEROPTIK is a manufacturer of high LIDT laser optics and coatings from VUV to IR and employs more than 40 coating machines with 7 different coating methods. Products include mirrors and AR coatings, thin-film polarizers, complex filters, chirped mirrors and mirror pairs. Special IBS capabilities are available for coatings on large substrates.

Custom Manufacturer

5 products

Schneider Optics Inc., Industrial Optics - Hauppauge, NY

Provides high-performance lenses for demanding video, digital projection, and industrial optics applications offering precision optical design, manufacture, test, and distribution of both standard and custom solutions. Serving the precision industrial market, manufactures photographic and industrial lenses and filters.

Stock Manufacturer

20 products

Excelitas Technologies Corp. - Pittsburgh, PA

Excelitas is a leading provider of advanced, life-enriching technologies that make a difference, serving global market leaders in the life sciences, advanced industrial, next-generation semiconductor, aerospace and defense end-markets.

Custom Manufacturer

5 products

Meadowlark Optics Inc. - Frederick, CO

Manufactures standard and custom polarization control components and systems including polarizers, retarders, LC devices, Pockels cells, polarimeters, and SLMs. Applications are in optogenetics, aerospace, defense, medical imaging and analysis, data storage, polarimetry, semiconductor inspection and processing, astronomy, and more.

Stock ManufacturerCustom Manufacturer

19 products

MOK Optics Co. Ltd. - Fuzhou, China

MOK Optics specializes in manufacturing custom optics, from prototype to volume production. We produce a wide range of optical components (lenses, prisms, mirrors, filters, windows). Materials processed include optical glass, UV and IR fused silica, IR optics (sapphire, germanium, MgF2, CaF2, ZnS, ZnSe, etc.). We are an ISO certified company.

Custom Manufacturer

8 products

AHF analysentechnik AG - Tuebingen, Germany

American Polarizers Inc. - Reading, PA

Asahi Kasei Corp. - Tokyo, Japan

Dontech Inc. - Doylestown, PA

Gestione Silo s.r.l. - Scandicci, Italy

Hoya Corp. USA, Optics Div. - Milpitas, CA

Kyocera SOC Corp. - Yokohama, Japan

Lasnix - Berg, Germany

Moxtek Inc. - Orem, UT

Polaris Sensor Technologies, Inc. - Huntsville, AL

Rolic Technologies Ltd., Electronic Materials - Allschwil, Switzerland

S & R Optic GmbH - Heuchelheim, Germany

Sugitoh Co. Ltd. - Fujisawa, Japan

Tamron Americas, Industrial Optics Div. - Commack, NY

Vortex Optical Coatings Ltd. - Hinckley, United Kingdom

R.J. Wilson Inc. - Chelmsford, MA

Glossary

polarizing filter A filter that polarizes light passing through it. It is possible to fabricate sheets of plastic or gelatin that contain birefringent crystals so oriented as to pass only polarized light. Such sheets are more convenient to use than polarizing prisms.
polarization Polarization refers to the orientation of oscillations in a transverse wave, such as light waves, radio waves, or other electromagnetic waves. In simpler terms, it describes the direction in which the electric field vector of a wave vibrates....

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