birefringence
Identification code: 300191608
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Alternative term/s
- birefraction
- double refraction
- extraordinary ray
- ordinary ray
- pockels effect
- refraction, double
Anotations
Scope note:
The tendency of a material to cause a ray of light to separate, or the degree to which the ray separates, into two unequally refracted, plane-polarized rays of orthogonal polarizations.
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