linear birefringence

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• Birefringence — Displacement of light rays with perpendicular polarization through a birefringent material …   Wikipedia

• Vector soliton — Among all the soliton considered, the optical soliton draws the most attention as it is possible to generate ultrafast pulses and has wider application. optical soliton can be classified as two groups:temporal soliton and spatial soliton.however …   Wikipedia

• Polarization — ( Brit. polarisation) is a property of waves that describes the orientation of their oscillations. For transverse waves, it describes the orientation of the oscillations in the plane perpendicular to the wave s direction of travel. Longitudinal… …   Wikipedia

• Polarimetry — is the measurement and interpretation of the polarization of transverse waves, most notably electromagnetic waves, such as radio waves and light. Typically polarimetry is done on electromagnetic waves that have traveled through or reflected,… …   Wikipedia

• Electro-gyration — The electrogyration effect is the spatial dispersion phenomenon, that consists in the change of optical activity (gyration) of crystals by a constant or time varying electric field. Being a spatial dispersion effect, the induced optical activity… …   Wikipedia

• Voigt-Effekt — Der Voigt Effekt beschreibt in der Magnetooptik die Doppelbrechung in einem transparenten, gasförmigen Medium, bei einem konstanten Magnetfeld senkrecht zur Ausbreitungsrichtung des Lichtes. Er ist stärker als ähnliche Effekte, wie der Cotton… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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• Refractive index — Refraction of light at the interface between two media. In optics the refractive index or index of refraction of a substance or medium is a measure of the speed of light in that medium. It is expressed as a ratio of the speed of light in vacuum… …   Wikipedia

• Optics — For the book by Sir Isaac Newton, see Opticks. Optical redirects here. For the musical artist, see Optical (artist). Optics includes study of dispersion of light. Optics is the branch of …   Wikipedia

• Optical rotation — (optical activity) is the turning of the plane of linearly polarized light about the direction of motion as the light travels through certain materials. It occurs in solutions of chiral molecules such as sucrose (sugar), solids with rotated… …   Wikipedia

• Photoelastic modulator — A photoelastic modulator (PEM) is an optical device used to modulate the polarization of a light source. The photoelastic effect is used to change the birefringence of the optical element in the photoelastic modulator. PEM was first invented by J …   Wikipedia