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Polaris Dictionary Terms
polariscope
A combination of a polarizer and an analyzer that is used to detect birefringence or rotation of the plane of polarization of materials placed between them. Useful for the determination of stress within a mounted optical element.
Photoelastic equipment and supplies
Photoelastic equipment and supplies refer to instruments and materials used in photoelasticity, a technique used to analyze...
half-shade plate
A semicircular, half-wave quartz plate between the polarizer and analyzer. It often is used in forming precision settings...
dichroscopic eyepiece
An eyepiece used in a polariscope or polarizing microscope to give a comparison view of the same object under illumination...
strain viewer
A viewer that uses the transmittance of polarized light through glass or a similar medium to examine strained regions. See...
bi-quartz
A double block formed by placing two adjoining, equally thick sections of quartz, one being dextrorotary, the other...
polarimeter
A polariscope with a half-shade device and an angular scale generally attached to the analyzer. It is used to measure the...
colmascope
A polariscope used to demonstrate strain inherent in a piece of glass.
Savart polariscope
1. A polariscope consisting of a Savart plate and a tourmaline plate analyzer, and used to produce parallel color fringes by...
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