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Lyot filter
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<p>A Lyot filter (<a href="/facts/Polarization_(waves)/fP33m0eD">polarization</a>-<a href="/facts/Wave_interference/lI5f78I4">interference</a> <a href="/facts/Monochromator/vagojlBb">monochromator</a>, <a href="/facts/Birefringent/J4lLuR3a">birefringent</a> filter),: 106 named for its inventor and French astronomer <a href="/facts/Bernard_Lyot/dC5vD3dH">Bernard Lyot</a>, is a type of <a href="/facts/Filter_(optics)/WdCmGqaq">optical filter</a> that uses <a href="/facts/Birefringence/J4lLuR3a">birefringence</a> to produce a narrow <a href="/facts/Passband/VebMrazm">passband</a> of transmitted <a href="/facts/Wavelength/kcJU0ymz">wavelengths</a>.: 177 Lyot filters are used in <a href="/facts/Astronomy/0ArJVM1p">astronomy</a>, particularly for <a href="/facts/Sun/CadPCVHh">solar</a> <a href="/facts/Astronomy/0ArJVM1p">astronomy</a>, <a href="/facts/Lasers/jk6PTvvT">lasers</a>, <a href="/facts/Biomedical_engineering/TNAa3sqa">biomedical</a> <a href="/facts/Photonics/6UHcPXbq">photonics</a> and <a href="/facts/Raman_spectroscopy/XY063k29">Raman</a> <a href="/facts/Chemical_imaging/cE2CJPEP">chemical imaging</a>.: 2.5.2 : 163 : 5.8.3 : 202 : 327 : 14 </p>