Optical Prism

An optical prism is a solid, transparent optical element with flat surfaces that refract light. Light enters through one surface and may be rotated, deflected, or scattered before exiting through another surface. These surfaces are highly polished, and the angle between them, the number of surfaces, and their position determine the function of the prism.

Materials and Coatings

Hongsheng uses a variety of high-quality materials in the manufacture of optical prisms, such as fused silica, filter glass, germanium, silicon and zinc selenide.

Its in-house coating facility offers standard and custom coatings, including anti-reflective designs, reflectors, beam splitters, and high laser damage threshold coatings. This ensures optimal performance and durability in a variety of applications.

Uses of Optical Prisms

Dispersion: Prisms can be used to separate white light into various colors, a process known as dispersion. When light is refracted through a prism, rainbow colors can be seen, and this is the principle behind the rainbow colors.

Reflecting and redirecting light: Prisms can be used to reflect and redirect light, making them useful in optical systems such as telescopes, cameras and binoculars.

Measuring Angles: Prisms can be used to measure angles by reflecting a laser beam onto a scale or detector.

Beam Control: Prisms can be used to control laser beams in aerospace, medical and industrial applications.

Polarization: Prisms can be used to separate light into its polarized state, which is useful in applications such as LCD displays, 3D glasses and polarization measurements.

Imaging: Prisms are used to create images such as in periscopes, microscopes and endoscopes.

Optical assemblies: Prisms can be used in combination with other optical elements and mechanical parts to create optical assemblies for a variety of applications.

Interferometry: Prisms are used to split a laser beam into two or more beams, which can later be recombined to analyze the resulting interference pattern. Overall, the versatility of prisms allows them to be used in a wide range of applications such as scientific research, telecommunications, medicine and military technology.

Optical Prism Manufacturer

Hongsheng is a leading manufacturer and supplier of optical prisms, offering a wide range of optical products for various industries. Our company specializes in manufacturing a wide range of high precision prisms with specifications including flatness, angle, size, transmitted wavefront, through aperture, surface quality and cusp. Our products include a wide range of prisms such as right angle prisms, penta prisms, aiming prisms, triangular prisms, angular cone prisms, dispersion prisms, rhombic prisms and more. Our team of advanced optics specialists has industry knowledge and expertise in prism manufacturing processes, technologies, manufacturing techniques, manufacturing equipment and metrology to deliver prism optics with superior performance.