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Wollaston prism en · NOUN

Etymology

After its inventor, William Hyde Wollaston.

Meanings

  1. An optical device that separates randomly polarized or unpolarized light into two orthogonal linearly polarized outgoing beams.

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Relateds

Rochon prism · Glan–Thompson prism · Sénarmont prism · Nomarski prism · Nicol prism · Glan–Foucault prism

wikipedia: William Hyde Wollaston