Littrow prism

noun

Littrow prism

noun

Etymology Named after Otto von Littrow.

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Engineering, Natural sciences, Optics, Physical sciences, Physics A retroreflecting dispersing prism arranged so that an incident light beam entering at Brewster's angle undergoes minimal deviation and hence maximum dispersion.

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