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Prism Overview

 

 Prisms are blocks of optical material with flat polished sides arranged at precisely controlled angles to each other,which deflect, deviate and rotate beams of light as well as dispersing their wavelengths.

MT-Optics provides many kinds of high precision prisms, including as follows


 

 

PolarizerIllustrationMaterialAngle PrecisionApplication
Penta PrismBK71 Min. Deviation
30 Sec. Deviation
10Sec. Deviation		Plumb Level, Surveying, Alignment, Range finding and Optical Tooling
Beamsplitter Penta Prism

BK71 Min. Deviation
30 Sec. Deviation
10Sec. Deviation
Transmissio/
Reflection:
20/80±5 or 50/50±5		Plumb Level, Surveying, Alignment, Range finding and Optical Tooling
Right Angle Prism

BK73 Min. Deviation
1 Min. Deviation
30Sec. Deviation		Plumb Level, Surveying, Alignment, Range finding and Optical Tooling
Anamorphic PrismSF111 min. Deviation
30 Sec. Deviation
10Sec. Deviation		Plumb Level, Surveying, Alignment, Range finding and Optical Tooling
Corner Cube Retroreflectors

BK73 Sec. Deviation
5 Sec. Deviation		Plumb Level, Surveying, Alignment, Range finding and Optical Tooling
Dove Prism

BK71 min. Deviation
30 Sec. Deviation
10Sec. Deviation		Plumb Level, Surveying, Alignment, Range finding and Optical Tooling
Roof Prism

BK71 min. Deviation
30 Sec. Deviation
10Sec. Deviation		Plumb Level, Surveying, Alignment, Range finding and Optical Tooling

 
 but please keep in mind that selection of the most suitable prism is primarily dependent on the application.

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