Wollaston prism
English
Etymology
After its inventor, William Hyde Wollaston.
Noun
Wollaston prism (plural Wollaston prisms)
- An optical device that separates randomly polarized or unpolarized light into two orthogonal linearly polarized outgoing beams.
See also
- Glan–Foucault prism
- Glan–Thompson prism
- Nicol prism
- Nomarski prism
- Rochon prism
- Sénarmont prism