How small can a prism be made?

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The discussion focuses on the feasibility of creating very small right angle prisms, specifically questioning their size and functionality compared to plano-convex lenses. The smallest right angle prism can be made as small as 0.18mm in leg length and width. The user is exploring whether it is possible to fit multiple prisms over a single pixel in a display, noting that at a 96 dpi resolution, only one prism can fit per pixel. However, at a lower dpi of approximately 20.14, multiple prisms could potentially fit over a single pixel. The inquiry emphasizes the theoretical limits of prism size in relation to display technology.
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See video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7mXdgF2grY"

The concept of the video is the light is directed. Right now I'm using a plano-convex lens but I'm looking at right angle prisms (not the rainbow kind).

- How small can a right angle prism be made?
- And my other question is for after you watch the video at youtube: would a right angle prism only have one beam sent instead of the two the plano-convex lens is emitting now?

My goal is to know if I can fit 7 right angle prisms over the space of a single plasma pixel.
I'm interested if this is possible in theory.
 
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Television displays have dpi; one inch square that fits 96 pixels square.

1 inch = 25.4 millimeters
The right angle micro prism can be made as small as 0.18mm, Leg Length and Width.

(25.4 millimeters) / (0.18 millimeters) = 141.111111

So, I can fit only one right angle prism over every pixel in a 96 dpi/ppi area, and not several.
If the dpi were 20.14285714285714, then I could fit several 0.18mm, Leg Length and Width right angle micro prisms over every pixel.
 
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