RAYLEIGH SCATTERING IN AN OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM
- 15 November 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 11 (10) , 310-312
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1754989
Abstract
When a plane‐polarized light beam is passed through an anisotropic medium, the extraordinary ray can become retarded or advanced relative to the ordinary ray. This leads to a periodic longitudinal extinction of (λ/Δn) along the light path which provides a quick accurate visual method for determining the birefringence of a material which is both transparent and a good scatterer of light.Keywords
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