Olympus DIC Prisms

[microb]

So I got a little push forward on my measuring of DIC prisms getting this lot of optics:

U-DICT
U-ANT
U-DP10
U-DPA20
U-DP40
U-DPAO40
U-DPAO60

There are some prisms I do not have with an S on the end. Please let know what those are configured for.

Thanks.

[PeteM]

I'd imagine they go with the U-DICTS upper prism; which (I'm told) shifts up and down rather than back and forth.

[microb]

U-DICTS -- thanks.

I'll have to find out more, and figure out the optics on that one.

[daruosha]

I'm sure your persistence will pay. Don't give up.

How do you measure the exact dimensions of the prisms? Do you use a refractometer as well?

[microb]

There is a paper by a Michael Shribak, where a Sénarmont compensator set-up was used to measure the shear angle of DIC. So I'm going to duplicate their set up to match the numbers given for U-DICT. They also did U-DICTHC and U-DICTHR, but I don't have those. I don't think they did any of the condenser prisms.