Fresnel rhomb

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Fresnel rhomb [frā′nel ′räm]

(optics)

A glass rhomb which has an acute angle of about 52°; light which is incident normal to the end of the rhomb undergoes two internal reflections, and if it is initially linearly polarized at an angle of 45° to the plane of incidence, it emerges circularly polarized.

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