Purpose of extraordinary ray in nicol prism
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It is made in such a way that it eliminates one of the rays by total internal reflection, i.e. the ordinary ray is eliminated and only the extraordinary ray is transmitted through the prism. ... The e-ray merely undergoes a slight refraction, or bending, as it passes through the interface into the lower half of the prism.
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