Re: ATM a new beamsplitter? was ATM more binoviewer nonsense

["Thomas Janstrom" <tomjan@ozemail.com.au>]

If that's the case, and it is, why not a 45° conical first surface mirror?

On second though, no wouldn't work you'd only get a thin vertical slice and
not the whole image.

Clear skies, Thomas.
http://www.geocities.com/t_janstrom/

----- Original Message -----
From: Dwight Elvey <elvey@hal.com>

>
> Dave Gault <daveg@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > To anyone who is following this thread, I have made a sketch
> > and have uploaded it to my site.
> > It can be retrieved at.......
> > http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/daveg/BeamSplitter.gif
>
> Hi Dave
>  If the two side mirrors were also rotating and were larger,
> it would work but otherwise the light would be scanning
> by the rotating prism. Remember, the rule is angle of incidence
> equals angle of reflection. At the prism rotates, it changes the
> angle of incidence.