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Prisms

Precision prisms that fold, steer, invert, rotate and disperse light. Besides the eight types below, the range includes beam-splitting prisms and corner cubes.

Right-angle glass prism on a light grey background
FIG. 02Prisms
Types
8
Coating
In-house
Quality
ISO 9001
Custom
To drawing
Since
1965
Made in
Roorkee

What it does · where it’s used

  1. Fold a beam through 90°: right-angle and penta prisms
  2. Erect or rotate an image: Amici roof, Schmidt and Dove prisms
  3. Shift a beam sideways without changing its direction: rhomboid prisms
  4. Steer a beam by a small, fixed angle: wedge prisms
  5. Split white light into its spectrum: equilateral prisms
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01TypesPrisms

Eight types.

Open a type for how it works and where it is used. Each can be made in the material and coating you need.

FIG. 02.02
Two Dove prisms, one lying on its side

Dove Prisms

Rotates an image: turn the prism by θ and the image turns by 2θ.

FIG. 02.03
Penta prism on a blue background

Penta Prisms

Deviates a beam by exactly 90°, even if the prism tilts, without inverting the image.

FIG. 02.04
Equilateral prism standing on one end

Equilateral Prisms

Three equal 60° angles: the classic prism for splitting light into its spectrum.

FIG. 02.05
Wedge prism on black

Wedge Prisms

Two flat faces at a shallow angle: deviates a beam by a small, fixed angle.

FIG. 02.06
Rhomboid prism on black

Rhomboid Prisms

Shifts a beam sideways without changing its direction or the image orientation.

FIG. 02.07
Amici roof prism on a light background

Amici Roof Prisms

A right-angle prism with a roof: turns the beam 90° and corrects the image.

FIG. 02.08
Schmidt prism on a white background

Schmidt Prisms

A roof prism that inverts and reverses the image while folding the beam by 45°.

02Also madePrisms

More prism types.

  1. 02.A

    Corner cubes

    Retroreflectors: light is sent back towards its source, parallel to the incoming beam, over a wide range of angles.

  2. 02.B

    Beam-splitting prisms

    Prism assemblies that divide one beam into two paths.

03Specify yoursMade to order

Specify yours.

Start from a catalogue part or from your own drawing, in the material, coating and tolerance grade you need.

AMaterial

  • Optical glass (BK7-class crown, flint)
  • Fused silica / fused quartz
  • Sapphire
  • CaF₂
  • BaF₂
  • MgF₂
  • Silicon (Si)
  • Germanium (Ge)
  • Zinc sulphide (ZnS)
  • Zinc selenide (ZnSe)
  • Nd:YAG crystal
  • Other UV and IR materials

Find a material by wavelength Capabilities

BCoatingIn-house

  • ARAnti-reflection
  • Al · AgMetallic mirror
  • HRDielectric mirror
  • Filter
  • Beam-splitter
  • Polarizing

Coating types

CTolerance grade

Manufacturing tolerances, commercial and precision grade
ParameterCommercialPrecision
Thickness±0.1 mm±0.01 mm
Radius1%0.5%
Refractive index0.0010.0001
Abbe (V-number)1%0.1%
Centration3 arc-min30 arc-sec
Tilt / wedge1 arc-min10 arc-sec
Surface irregularity1 fringeλ/4 (0.25 fringe)
Surface quality (scratch-dig)60-4010-5

DMade to your drawing

Send your drawing.

A drawing or a short spec is enough. We quote to it.

  • Dimensions and tolerances
  • Material and coating
  • Surface quality
  • Quantity
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04Request a quoteRoorkee · India

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