Wollaston prism

English

Etymology

After its inventor, William Hyde Wollaston.

Noun

Wollaston prism (plural Wollaston prisms)

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

See also

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