The best known is the Nicol prism, invented in 1828 by the Scottish physicist William Nicol.

最有名的是尼科耳棱镜，1828年由苏格兰物理学家尼科耳所发明。

One kind of light beam translation quantity smallest Nicol prism form using mathematics method is presented.

运用数学方法求出了一种光束平移量最小的尼科耳棱镜形式。

According to ray-tracing formulas of crystal, calculated the critical angles of Nicol prism for incident ray in any direction. Achieves the polarization critical curves of Nicol prism.

根据光线在晶体中的轨迹公式，计算了任意方向入射光所对应的尼科尔棱镜的临界角，得到了尼科尔棱镜的偏振区的限制曲线。