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Laurent half-shade plate |
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Laurent half-shade plate [lȯ′rän ′haf ‚shād ‚plāt]
(optics) A device used to determine the direction of polarization of plane polarized light; it consists of a quartz plate of special thickness that covers half of the plane polarized beam, followed by a plane polarization analyzer. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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