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Prisms Application Guide

By processing the various forms of glass, the prism produces a special effect due to refraction. Since there is no angular offset after manufacture, it is also used as an accurate reference angle.

Function

Product

Application

Reflecting light
Right Angle Prisms
(RPB/RPSQ)
Substitute of the mirror,
or reflector of a compact optical system.
Replacing the light
Corner Cube Prisms(CCB)
Hollow Retro-reflectors(RCCB)
Interferometer, Reflector, such as distance measurement or delay line.
Dispersion wavelength
Equilateral Dispersing Prisms
(DPB/DPSQ/DPTIH11)
Spectroscopic measurement, Dispersion compensation
Special effects
Dove Prisms(DOP), Penta Prisms(PPB), Pellin-Broca prism(PBPQ)
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About Refraction and Critical angle

When the light is at an incident oblique angle on the glass, causing the refraction at the interface of the glass and air, the traveling direction of the light will change. At this time, the emission angle toward the side of the glass is smaller than the incident angle of the air. If the refractive index of the glass can be seen, this relationship can be determined by Snell’s law. Then, even if the incident light is emitted at the same angle as the angle θb shown below the boundary surface of the glass, through the same path, it will be emitted to the air at the incident angle θa. However, if it is incident at a large angle with the boundary surface from the side of the glass, then emitted to the air-side angle will exceed 90 degrees. It is called “critical” the emission angle of the air side when 90 degrees. It is called to be this angle “critical angle”. When the incident light from the glass boundary is at an angle larger than the critical angle θr, the light will not come out to the air causing total reflection.

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