What should be the maximum angle between the extreme rays of the incident beam for the Nicol prism to work perfectly as a polarizer?

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Polarisation topics include: Light polarisation, plane polarised light production, nicol prism, polaroids, retardation plates, circular and elliptically polarized light production. Light polarization is a property of transverse waves that defines the geometrical orientation of oscillations. In a transverse wave, the direction of oscillation is perpendicular to the direction of motion of the wave. Polarized light is made up of waves that vibrate in a single plane. There are three types of polarized lights: linearly, circularly, and elliptically polarized lights Polarization is an important... Show more

What should be the maximum angle between the extreme rays of the incident beam for the Nicol prism to work perfectly as a polarizer?