Penta Prisms – Deviation
A five-sided prism containing two reflecting surfaces at 45° to each other, and two perpendicular faces for the entering and emerging beams. A Penta prism has five sides, four of which are polished. Two reflective sides are coated with metal or dielectric HR coating and these two sides can be blackened. The deviation angle of 90deg will not be changed if the penta prism is slightly adjusted, this will be convenient to install it. It is widely used in laser level, alignment and optical tooling.The reflecting surfaces of this prism must be coated with a metallic or dielectric reflective coating. An incident beam can be deviated by 90 degree and it does not invert nor revert the image.
Material Properties
Function
Deviate the ray path by 90°.
Image is right-handed.
Application
Visual targeting, projection, measurement, Display systems.
Common Specifications
Transmission Regions & Applications
| Parameters | Ranges & Tolerances |
| Substrate Material | N-BK7 (CDGM H-K9L) |
| Type | Penta Prism |
| Surface Dimension Tolerance | ± 0.20 mm |
| Angle Standard | ± 3 arcmin |
| Angle Tolerance Precision | ± 10 arcsec |
| 90° Deviation Tolerance | < 30 arcsec |
| Bevel | 0.2 mm x 45° |
| Surface Quality (scratch-dig) | 60-40 |
| Clear Aperture | > 90% |
| Surface Flatness | < λ/4 @ 632.5 nm |
| AR Coating | Reflecting surfaces: Protected Aluminum / Entrance and exit surfaces: λ/4 MgF2 |
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