The beam splitter (BS1-1064-33-2037-45S) that is currently being used has an antireflection coating on the second surface and a wedge of less than 5 arcmin; yet it leads to ghosting as shown in the figure attached (courtesy: Thorlabs). I'm also attaching its spec sheet I dug up on internet for future reference.
I came across pellicle beamsplitters, that are primarily used to eliminate ghost images. Pellicle beamsplitters have a few microns thick nitrocellulose layer and superimpose the secondary reflection on the first one. Thus the ghost image is eliminated.
Should we go ahead and order them? (https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=898
https://www.edmundoptics.eu/c/beamsplitters/622/#28438=28438_s%3AUGVsbGljbGU1&27614=27614_d%3A%5B46.18%20TO%2077.73%5D) |