Out of the following statements which is not correct

Moderate

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

Solution

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.

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