Optical Components
Optical Prisms are elements made from transparent materials with flat, polished faces that are processed into various geometric shapes to reflect, refract light, or manipulate the light path of the incident light. At the core of optical prisms, there lies the law of refraction and total internal reflection (TIR), through adjusting the interaction between light and the optical surfaces, one could use a prism to realize the control of light. For instance, The most renowned prisms are the triangular prisms, which split a white light source into its constituent spectral colors based on the principle of chromatic dispersion. Prisms can also be harnessed to commit diverse optical functions, including light deviation, rotation/inversion of the image, beam steering/aligning, etc. The versatile characteristic of prisms allows for their widespread applications in periscopes, binoculars, lasers, interferometers, spectroscopes, cameras, laser rangefinders, etc.
Among the merits of optical prisms, the one worth noting most is a simple prism can be viewed as a good substation for multiple mirrors, reducing the potential for alignment errors, and promoting precision while making the optical set more compact.
In general, Optical prisms can be divided into two categories, dispersive and reflective.
A dispersive prism breaks an incident white light into chromatic components since the lights of different colors have different refractive indexes. Common dispersive prisms include a triangular prism, such as an equilateral prism.
Reflective prisms are utilized to reflect light, flip, invert, rotate, deviate, or displace the light beam leveraging total internal reflection. Common reflective prisms include Right Angle Prisms, Wedge Prisms, Roof Prisms, Dove Prisms, Corner-cube Retroreflectors, Porro Prisms, etc.
Hangzhou Shalom EO offers various kinds of stock and custom Optical Prisms, including Right Angle Prisms, Corner Cube Retroreflectors, Wedge Prisms, Brewster Angle Prisms, Equilateral Prisms, in addition to Penta Prisms, Dove Prisms, Roof Prisms, and Porro Prisms. Coating options include uncoated, MgF2 AR coating, Broadband AR coating, and laser line wavelength V-coating are all available. Shalom EO is a high-profile supplier of optical prisms, throughout the manufacturing procedure of the optical prisms, Shalom EO implements in-process adjustments and inspections, and proficient opticians that are competent for the labor-intensive and challenging work are hired to secure optimum qualities of the optical prisms.
