Birefringence Definition

bīrĭ-frĭnjəns
noun
The resolution or splitting of a light wave into two unequally reflected or transmitted waves by an optically anisotropic medium such as calcite or quartz.
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The splitting of a light ray, generally by a crystal, into two components that travel at different velocities and are polarized at right angles to each other.
Webster's New World

(physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium.

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Birefringence Sentence Examples

  • Crystals of sulphur are transparent or translucent and highly refractive with strong birefringence; they have a resinous or slightly adamantine lustre, and present the characteristic sulphur-yellow colour.

  • In this experiment we investigate photoelasticity, the phenomenon of inducing birefringence in a substance through the application of a stress system.

  • Bone in packing and floor materials derived from natural sediments is often uncharred and exhibits pale birefringence and signs of weathering.

  • Figure 4. Synovial fluid CPPD crystals (compensated polarized light microscopy x400 ); scant numbers of rhomboid crystals showing weak positive birefringence.

  • Techniques For Plastics Current methods for detecting residual stress in plastic moldings include birefringence, layer removal, hole drilling and chemical probe techniques.

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