<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Oscar<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would recommend getting a<a href="https://www.thorlabs.com/thorproduct.cfm?partnumber=WPMH05M-488" class=""> half-wave plate</a> and a <a href="https://www.thorlabs.com/thorproduct.cfm?partnumber=PBS101" class="">polarizing beamsplitter cube</a>. This is not cheap but the half-wave plate allows you to turn the polarization and to specify how much power you want in each arm. You can put (almost) all power in one arm or do a precise 50/50 illumination.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best</div><div class="">Jan</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 9, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Oscar John Abilez <<a href="mailto:ojabilez@stanford.edu" class="">ojabilez@stanford.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hi,<br class="">Simple question: is there a 50/50 beam splitter from Thorlabs someone could suggest for the dual illumination configuration? I've found the BSW10 plate beamsplitter. If there is an alternative method, please let me know. <br class="">Thanks,<br class="">Oscar<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">OpenSPIM mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:OpenSPIM@openspim.org" class="">OpenSPIM@openspim.org</a><br class=""><a href="http://openspim.org/mailman/listinfo/openspim" class="">http://openspim.org/mailman/listinfo/openspim</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>