A transmission interference microscope that produces interference patterns of a sample by using birefringent plates that split a polarized beam of light into ordinary and extraordinary rays, then reunite the beams once they have traveled their...

The naturally occurring crystalline form of silicon dioxide. It is slightly birefringent and exhibits rotary dispersion of...

A filter that transmits light in a series of sharp, widely spaced wavelength bands by its sandwich construction of...

A type of birefringent filter, similar in principle to the Lyot filter, consisting of many identical birefringent elements,...

A class of optical phenomena that can be viewed only with nearly monochromatic, directional beams of light, such as those...

A coating made up of particular birefringent materials having polarizing properties. It may be used, in some cases, to...

A uniaxial, birefringent crystal such as calcite or ruby in which the velocity of the extraordinary ray surpasses that of...

A birefringent crystal having two axes along which there is an absence of double refraction. Mica, sulphur and turquoise are...

1. Lines of the same color. 2. A term used in photoelastic stress analysis to refer to the interference fringes produced in...

The angle between the most divergent rays that can pass through the lens to form an image. In a birefringent crystal light...

An optical-quality polymer used in birefringent retarders.

Nonlinear optical materials are substances that exhibit optical properties that are not linearly proportional to the...

Birefringence is an optical property of certain materials that causes them to exhibit different refractive indices for light...

A piece of uniform birefringent material placed at a 45° angle to the plane of polarization in a polarizing microscope...

A type of filter consisting of a series of birefringent crystals and polarizers invented by French astronomer Bernard Lyot...

In a birefringent material, the index of refraction varies with the direction of vibration of a lightwave. That direction...

A liquid crystal display using the material in its supertwisted nematic phase; the birefringence of the liquid crystal...

A type of birefringent polarizing prism that transmits the extraordinary ray and removes the ordinary ray through total...

The property exhibited by certain birefringent crystals in which the degree with which they transmit polarized light is...

A filter that polarizes light passing through it. It is possible to fabricate sheets of plastic or gelatin that contain...

The ray that has an isotropic speed and maintains a uniform polarization in all propagation directions when traveling in a...

The effect whereby a light beam is deflected by a birefringent prism when its polarization is changed by voltage applied to...

A solid with a structure that exhibits a basically symmetrical and geometrical arrangement. A crystal may already possess...

A uniaxial, birefringent crystal having an ordinary ray with a higher velocity than the extraordinary ray.