birefringent

Due to quantum effects, the vacuum can behave like a birefringent medium.

These are typically made of a birefringent crystalline material.

Moreover, this tells us that this mineral is not birefringent.

Because this mineral is birefringent, it must be anisotropic.

The birefringent material is then placed between crossed polarizers.

It is birefringent, therefore rods made of it are usually rectangular.

Other birefringent materials can be used in place of quartz in the above designs.

Isotropic minerals have a single refractive index and are not birefringent.

These optically anisotropic materials are said to be birefringent.

Its relief is low, and it is birefringent.

Thus the vacuum is birefringent, as the index of refraction depends on the polarization.

It is made from two prisms of a birefringent material such as calcite, which are cemented together.

Silicon carbide, also known as Moissanite, is strongly birefringent.

However, unlike diamond and cubic zirconia, moissanite is strongly birefringent.

The vacuum itself is polarized, becoming strongly birefringent, like a calcite crystal.

It is birefringent, which means that it has two distinct indices of refraction.

They then filtered the resulting continuum with a birefringent fibre to generate the channels.

Birefringent crystals therefore provide an ideal test bed for examining the conservative transformation of polarization states.

Kochite is also a birefringent mineral, showing bright colors under crossed polarization.

This flattening is characteristic of the propagation of light in a birefringent medium.

Periodic poling is a formation of layers with alternate orientation in a birefringent material.

A typical waveplate is simply a birefringent crystal with a carefully chosen orientation and thickness.

Between the crossed polarizers, a birefringent sample will appear bright against a dark (isotropic) background.

The acoustic waves induce a birefringent phase-shift, much like in a Pockels cell.

The special expressions for the phase retarders can be obtained by using the general expression for a birefringent material.