biquartz

[′bī‚kwȯrts]

(optics)

A device consisting of two adjoining pieces of quartz of equal thickness that rotate the plane of polarization of light in opposite directions; used with a Nicol prism or other analyzer to increase the accuracy of the latter in determining the properties of polarized light.

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