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direction of light.
These optically anisotropic materials are
described as
birefringent or birefractive. The
birefringence is
often quantified as the maximum...
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polarized light and vice versa.)
Waveplates are
constructed out of a
birefringent material (such as
quartz or mica, or even plastic), for
which the index...
- Many
crystals are
naturally birefringent, but
isotropic materials such as
plastics and gl**** can also
often be made
birefringent by
introducing a preferred...
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their use in some applications.
Other linear polarizers exploit the
birefringent properties of
crystals such as
quartz and calcite. In
these crystals...
- The
polarization independent isolator is made of
three parts, an
input birefringent wedge (with its
ordinary polarization direction vertical and its extraordinary...
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isotropic non-attenuating medium,
whereas in an
anisotropic medium (such as
birefringent crystals as
discussed below) the
electric or
magnetic field may have...
- phase-matching condition. Typically, three-wave
mixing is done in a
birefringent crystalline material,
where the
refractive index depends on the polarization...
- can
produce vivid colours when
viewed under polarized light due to its
birefringent nature. This
effect is
known as the "Becke line" and can be used to determine...
- A Lyot
filter (polarization-interference monochromator,
birefringent filter),: 106
named for its
inventor and
French astronomer Bernard Lyot, is a type...
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polarizers using uniaxial oriented polymerized liquid crystals (
birefringent polymers or
birefringent glue) were
invented in 1989 by
Philips researchers Dirk...
