Equilateral Prisms – Dispersion
These prisms have three equal 60° angles and are used as dispersing prisms. It can separate a beam of white light into its individual colors. Equilateral prism is always used for wavelength separating applications and spectrum analysis.
Material Properties
Function
Disperse white light into its component colors.
Application
Spectroscopy, telecommunications, wavelength separation.
Common Specifications
Transmission Regions & Applications
| Parameters |
Ranges & Tolerances |
| Substrate Material |
Custom |
| Type |
Equilateral Prism |
| Dimension Tolerance |
+/-0.20 mm |
| Angle Tolerance |
+/-3 arcmin |
| Bevel |
0.3 mm x 45° |
| Surface Quality (scratch-dig) |
60-40 |
| Surface Flatness |
< λ/4 @ 632.8 nm |
| Clear Aperture |
> 90% |
| AR Coating |
As per the requirements |
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