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Light which has its electric vector oriented in a predictable fashion with respect to the propagation direction. In unpolarized light, the vector is...
Interference in polarized light (in 'Crystal optics' article)
One of the most interesting properties of plates of crystals is their appearance in convergent light between pairs of linear, circular, or elliptical


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Figure 1.Illustration of the law of Malus.
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Figure 2.Nicol prism. The ray for which Snell's law holds is called the ordinary ray.
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Figure 3.Wollaston prism.
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