Out of the following statements which is not correct
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a
When unpolarised light passes through a Nicol's prism, the emergent light is elliptically polarised
b
Nicol's prism works on the principle of double refraction and total internal reflection
c
Nicol's prism can be used to produce and analyse polarised light
d
Calcite and Quartz are both doubly refracting crystals
answer is A.
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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 is not in Nicol prism.