[OpenSPIM] 50/50 beam splitter?

[Oscar John Abilez]

Hi Jan,
This is very helpful, thank you.
Oscar

From: Huisken, Jan [mailto:JHuisken at morgridge.org]
Sent: 2016-December-09, Friday 20:23
To: Oscar John Abilez; openspim at openspim.org
Subject: Re: [OpenSPIM] 50/50 beam splitter?

Hi Oscar

I would recommend getting a half-wave plate<https://www.thorlabs.com/thorproduct.cfm?partnumber=WPMH05M-488> and a polarizing beamsplitter cube<https://www.thorlabs.com/thorproduct.cfm?partnumber=PBS101>. 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.

Best
Jan

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On Dec 9, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Oscar John Abilez <ojabilez at stanford.edu<mailto:ojabilez at stanford.edu>> wrote:

Hi,
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.
Thanks,
Oscar


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