Question

Write short notes on double refraction.

Answer 1

Double Refraction or Birefringence is an optical property in which a ray of light entering a medium is decomposed into two rays, each traveling in a different direction. One ray is bent or refracted called the extraordinary ray and the other passes through the medium unchanged called the ordinary ray. This effect can occur only if the structure of the material is anisotropic.

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