阿米西棱镜是以发明者意大利天文学家 乔凡尼·阿米西命名的，是有色散功能的光学棱镜，常用于分光仪中。

阿米西棱镜由两个三棱柱组成，第一个三棱柱通常由色散能力为中等的冕牌玻璃制成，第二个则以高色散的火石玻璃制造。光线进入第一个棱镜时先被折射，然后进入两个棱镜之间的接口，再以几乎垂直于第二个棱镜表面的方向射出。棱镜的角度和材质经过选择，使得其中一个波长（颜色）的光，通常是中心的波长，离开棱镜时与入射的光束是平行的。其他波长偏转的角度则与材料的色散能力有关。观察一个通过棱镜的光源就能显示出光源的光学光谱。

An Amici prism, named for the astronomer Giovanni Amici, is a type of compound dispersive prism used in spectrometers. The Amici prism consists of two triangular prisms in contact, with the first typically being made from a medium-dispersion crown glass, and the second a higher-dispersion flint glass. Light entering the first prism is refracted at the first air-glass interface, refracted again at the interface between the two prisms, and then exits the second prism at near-normal incidence. The prism angles and materials are chosen such that one wavelength (colour) of light, the centre wavelength, exits the prism parallel to (but offset from) the entrance beam. The prism assembly is thus a direct-vision prism, and is commonly used as such in hand-held spectroscopes. Other wavelengths are deflected at angles depending on the glass dispersion of the materials. Looking at a light source through the prism thus shows the optical spectrum of the source.