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birefringence can be formalized by assigning two different... The birefringence magnitude is then defined by... The reason for birefringence is the fact that in anisotropic media the electric field vector... Birefringence can also arise in... While birefringence is often found naturally... Birefringence results when isotropic materials are deformed such that the isotropy is lost in one direction... birefringence was first described in calcite crystals by the... Birefringence can be observed in... Birefringence and related optical effects... Birefringence is widely used in optical devices... Another form of birefringence is observed in anisotropic... Birefringence is also used in optical mineralogy to determine the chemical composition... birefringence can be defined by considering a dielectric... So essentially birefringence concerns the general theory of linear relationships between these two vectors in anisotropic media... Birefringence is often measured for rays propagating along one of the optical axes... The Use of Birefringence for Predicting the Stiffness of Injection Moulded Polycarbonate Discs... Birefringence characteristics in sperm heads allow for the selection of reacted spermatozoa for intracytoplasmic sperm injection...

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