| 释义 |
Cornu quartz prism Cornu quartz prism[′kȯr·nü ‚kwȯrts ′priz·əm] (optics) A prism constructed of two 30° quartz prisms, left- and right-handed, used in conjunction with left- and right-handed lenses, so that the rotation of polarization occurring in one half of the optical path is exactly compensated by the reverse rotation in the other; used in a quartz spectrograph. |