Uncoated dove prisms have an unusual and very interesting characteristic – if you look through the prism and rotate it around a longitudinal axis, the image rotates through twice the angle the prism rotates through. Optimize performance by using collimated light. Top surface is ground.
| ATTRIBUTE | SPECIFICATIONS |
| material | N-BK7 or specified |
| DIAMETER TOLERANCE | +0.1, -0.1mm |
| angle tolerance | 45 deg +/- 5 arc minutes |
| flatness | λ/2@632.8nm |
| CLEAR APERTURE | >90% |
| SURFACE QUALITY | 40/20 scratch and dig |
| BEVEL | < 0.2 mm x 45° |
| COATING | With or without AR coating on outside surfaces |
