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TECHSPEC® components are designed, specified, or manufactured by Edmund Optics. TECHSPEC® components are designed, specified, or manufactured by Edmund Optics. Learn More

Dove Prisms

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  • Image Rotation of 180°
  • Left Handed Image
  • Ideal for Rotation or Displaced Retroreflection

TECHSPEC® Dove Prisms have an unusual and fascinating characteristic. If you look through the prism and rotate it around a longitudinal axis, the image rotates through twice the angle through which the dove prism itself rotates. For optimal performance, use dove prisms with collimated light. The top surface of each dove prism is ground, and the longest length (specified by dimension B) features an unbeveled sharp edge. TECHSPEC® Dove Prisms are offered uncoated, with anti-reflection coated diagonal faces or with aluminized diagonal faces. Aluminized dove prisms feature a protected aluminum coating with black Krylon paint on the diagonal faces and are ideal for displaced retroreflection. They provide a U-turn for incident laser beam light. 

Reflection is displaced 49mm (in 15mm sizes) or 75mm (in 25mm sizes) when incident rays are centered on the diagonal face. Aluminized TECHSPEC® Dove Prisms can be used in imaging systems (with fields of view less than dimension A/ dimension C) to view areas behind the camera or around corners. They can also provide a split image, where one scene is displaced relative to the other. 

Uncoated Dove Prism Ray Path
Uncoated Dove Prism Ray Path
Uncoated Dove Prism Ray Path
Uncoated Dove Prism Ray Path
Aluminum Coated Dove Prism Ray Path
Aluminum Coated Dove Prism Ray Path
Dove Prisms Tunnel Diagram
Dove Prisms Tunnel Diagram
Dove Prisms Tunnel Diagram
Dove Prisms Tunnel Diagram

Technical Information

 
Stock No. A B C D
#32-998 5.00mm 20.64mm 5.00mm 7.07mm
#49-424
#32-999 10.0mm 43.56mm 10.0mm 14.14mm
#49-425
#32-553 15.00mm 62.50mm 15.00mm 21.21mm
#49-426
#49-427 18.00mm 76.10mm 18.00mm 25.45mm
#32-554 20.00mm 79.80mm 20.00mm 28.28mm
#49-428
#45-403 25.00mm 103.18mm 25.00mm 35.36mm
#49-429
 
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