Birefringence is the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light. These...
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Polarization (waves) (section Birefringence)
affect the polarization of light, but some materials—those that exhibit birefringence, dichroism, or optical activity—affect light differently depending on...
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In biochemistry, flow birefringence is a hydrodynamic technique for measuring the rotational diffusion constants (or, equivalently, the rotational drag...
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Optical rotation (redirect from Circular birefringence)
Optical rotation, also known as polarization rotation or circular birefringence, is the rotation of the orientation of the plane of polarization about...
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RX J1856.5−3754 (section Vacuum birefringence)
the Very Large Telescope reported observational indications of vacuum birefringence from RX J1856.5−3754. A degree of polarization of about 16% was measured...
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Photoelasticity (redirect from Stress induced birefringence)
physicist David Brewster, who immediately recognized it as stress-induced birefringence. That diagnosis was confirmed in a direct refraction experiment by Augustin-Jean...
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Euler–Heisenberg Lagrangian (redirect from Vacuum birefringence)
first study of IXPE has hinted the possibility of vacuum birefringence on 4U 0142+61. Birefringence Circular dichroism Chiral magnetic effect Schwinger limit...
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property is termed giant birefringence which more generically is called giant optical anisotropy. Values for giant birefringence exceed 0.3. Much bigger...
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Sri Lanka display only weak or no birefringence at all, and some other Sri Lanka stones may show clear birefringence in one place and little or none in...
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Retinal birefringence scanning (RBS) is a method for detecting the central fixation of the eye. The method can be used in pediatric ophthalmology for...
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