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Pentaprism

A pentaprism is a five-sided optical device with two reflecting surfaces that rotates a beam 90 degrees without altering the orientation of the image, as do two mirrors at 45 degrees.
The view is a 2D cross section from the side. You can shift or rotate the light source or the prism by dragging the red or blue dots, or by using the sliders.


This Demonstration was created using Optica 3. See www.opticasoftware.com.

Contributed by: Andrew Wesly, Ann Williamson and Donald Barnhart (Optica Software, a division of iCyt Mission Technology)
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