Question

Out of the following statements which is not correct(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 1

A) statement here is incorrect
The emergent light coming out of the Nicole's Prism is plane polarized but in one dimension.
It won't be an elliptically polarized light.