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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...
- 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...
- isotropic non-attenuating medium, whereas in an anisotropic medium (such as birefringent crystals as discussed below) the electric or magnetic field may have...
- The polarization independent isolator is made of three parts, an input birefringent wedge (with its ordinary polarization direction vertical and its extraordinary...
- their use in some applications. Other linear polarizers exploit the birefringent properties of crystals such as quartz and calcite. In these crystals...
- prism Polarizing cube beamsplitters have lower extinction ratio than birefringent ones, but less expensive Partially-metallized mirrors provide non-polarizing...
- Mg(OH)2 + CuF2 → MgF2 + Cu(OH)2 The compound crystallizes as tetragonal birefringent crystals. The structure of the magnesium fluoride is similar to that...
- linear phase ****ers. Linear phase ****ers are usually made out of birefringent uniaxial crystals such as calcite, MgF2 or quartz. Plates made of these...
- a liquid crystal-based Spatial Light Modulator. Liquid crystals are birefringent, so applying a voltage to the cell changes the effective refractive index...
- field has the greater propensity to interact with matter. For waves in a birefringent (doubly-refractive) crystal, under the old definition, one must also...