Out of the following statements which is not correct |
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a) |
When unpolarised light passes through a Nicol prism, the emergent light is elliptically polarised |
b) |
Nicol prism works on the principle of double refraction and total internal reflection |
c) |
Nicol prism can be used to produce and analyse polarized light |
d) |
Calcite and Quartz are both doubly refracting crystals |
Out of the following statements which is not correct |
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a) |
When unpolarised light passes through a Nicol prism, the emergent light is elliptically polarised |
b) |
Nicol prism works on the principle of double refraction and total internal reflection |
c) |
Nicol prism can be used to produce and analyse polarized light |
d) |
Calcite and Quartz are both doubly refracting crystals |
(a) If magnitude of light vector varies periodically during it’s rotation, the tip of vector traces an ellipse and light is said to be elliptically polarized. This does not happen prism |