| Polarizer | Transm- ission; Interface | Damaged Threshold | Part# | Material | wavelength (nm) | Extinction Ratio | Angular Field(°) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glan-Taylor Polarizer (PGT) | Medium; Air-space | Low to Medium; 200 MW/cm2; (without escape windows) | PGT 7xxx | Calcite | 350-2300 | <5x10-5 | >7.7 |
| PGT 6xxx | α - BBO | 190-3500 | <5x10-6 | >6.0 | |||
| PGT 8xxx | YVO4 | 500-5000 | <5x10-6 | >6.5 | |||
| Glan-Laser Polarizer (PGL) | Medium; Air-space | High power; 500 MW/cm2; (with escape windows) | PGL 7xxx | Calcite | 350-2300 | <5x10-5 | >7.7 |
| PGL 6xxx | α - BBO | 190-3500 | <5x10-6 | >6.0 | |||
| PGL 8xxx | YVO4 | 500-5000 | <5x10-6 | >6.5 | |||
| High Transmission Glan-Laser Polarizer (PGH) | High; Air-space | High power; 500 MW/cm2; (with escape windows) | PGH 7xxx | Calcite | 350-2300 | <5x10-5 | >7.7 |
| PGH 8xxx | YVO4 | 500-5000 | <5x10-6 | >6.5 | |||
| Glan-Thompson Polarizer (PGM) | Medium; Cemented | Low power; 100 MW/cm2 | PGM 71xx | Calcite | 350-2300 | <5x10-5 | 14-16 |
| PGM 72xx | Calcite | 350-2300 | <5x10-5 | 25-28 | |||
| PGM 6xxx | α - BBO | 220-900 | <5x10-6 | >15 | |||
| Glan-Thompson Polarizer Beamsplitter Cube (PGB) | Medium; Cemented | Low or Medium; 150 MW/cm2 | PGB 7xxx | Calcite | 350-2300 | <5x10-5 | 14-16 |
| Wollaston Polarizer (PWS) | High; Cemented | low power; 100 MW/cm2 | PWS 7xxx | Calcite | 350-2300 | <5x10-5 | 16.7-22.5 |
| PWS 6xxx | α - BBO | 190-3500 | <5x10-6 | 15-27 | |||
| PWS 8xxx | YVO4 | 500-5000 | <5x10-6 | 19.6-23.3 | |||
| High; Optical Contact | Medium power; 200 MW/cm2 | PWS 9xxx | Quartz | 200-2300 | <5x10-5 | 2-3 | |
| PWS 5xxx | MgF2 | 110-8500 | <5x10-4 | 2-3 | |||
| Rochon Polarizer (PRH) | High; Cemented | low power; 100 MW/cm2 | PRH 6xxx | α - BBO | 190-3500 | <5x10-6 | 8-14 |
| PRH 8xxx | YVO4 | 500-5000 | <5x10-6 | 1-2 | |||
| High; Optical Contact | Medium power; 200 MW/cm2 | PRH 9xxx | Quartz | 200-2300 | <5x10-5 | 1-2 | |
| PRH 5xxx | MgF2 | 110-8500 | <5x10-4 | 1-2 | |||
| Polarization Beamsplitter (PBS) | High; Cemented | low power; 200 MW/cm2 | PBS xxxx | BK7 | single wavelength | <1x10-3 | 5 |
| PBS xxxx | SF5 | broadband wavelength | <5x10-3 | 5 | |||
| High Power Polarization Beamsplitter (PBS) | High; Cemented | High power; 20J/cm2 20ns 10Hz@ 1064nm | PBS xxxx | BK7 | single >500nm | <1x10-3 | 5 |
| PBS xxxx | Fused Silica | single<500nm | <5x10-3 | 5 | |||
| Thin film Polarizer | High; Cemented | low power; 200 MW/cm2 | PBS xxxx | BK7 | single wavelength | <1x10-3 | 5 |
| PBS xxxx | SF5 | broadband wavelength | <5x10-3 | 5 | |||
| Wedge | High; | High power; 500 MW/cm2 | WED xxxx | Calcite | 350-2300 | <5x10-5 | |
| α - BBO | 190-3500 | <5x10-6 | |||||
| YVO4 | 500-5000 | <5x10-6 | |||||
| Beam Displacer | High; | High power; 500 MW/cm2 | BDP xxxx | Calcite | 350-2300 | <5x10-5 | 5.6 |
| α - BBO | 190-3500 | <5x10-6 | 5.6 | ||||
| YVO4 | 500-5000 | <5x10-6 | 5.6 |