Frequently Asked Questions

The reflecting surfaces of a Penta prism must be coated with a metallic or dielectric coating. The standard Penta Prism reflecting surfaces are coated with aluminum or enhanced aluminum.

A Penta prism is used to deviate an incident beam without inverting or reversing to 90°. It is commonly used in Plumb Level, Surveying, Alignment, Range finding, and Optical Tooling.

The deviation angle of a Penta prism is 90°, and it is independent of any rotation of the prism about an axis parallel to the line of intersection of the two reflecting faces.

The surface quality of a Penta prism can be either 60/40 (General) or 20/10 (High Precision).

Penta prisms can be made from materials such as N-BK7, Fused Silica, N-SF11, etc.

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