Phenomena and Processes

Birefringence

The property of nonisotropic media, such as crystals, whereby a single incident beam of light traverses the medium as two beams, each plane-polarized, the planes being at right angles to each other. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)

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Abstract

The property of nonisotropic media, such as crystals, whereby a single incident beam of light traverses the medium as two beams, each plane-polarized, the planes being at right angles to each other. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)

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7 entry terms
  • Birefraction
  • Double Refraction
  • Birefractions
  • Birefringences
  • Double Refractions
  • Refraction, Double
  • Refractions, Double

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usually NIM

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68(64)

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  1. G01w.590w.080w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Birefringence. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001718. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001718
  2. Birefringence. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birefringence
  3. Birefringence. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108779