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Birefringence

Known as: Birefractions, Birefringences, Double Refractions 
The property of nonisotropic media, such as crystals, whereby a single incident beam of light traverses the medium as two beams, each plane-polarized… 
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1991
1991
Generation of continuous-wave ultraviolet light by sum-frequency mixing of diode-laser and argon-ion-laser radiation in beta-BaB(2)O(4).
More than 1 microW of tunable continuous-wave radiation at 369 nm has been generated by sum-frequency mixing of the radiation… 
1990
1990
Observation of polarization instabilities and modulational gain in a low-birefringence optical fiber.
Intense linearly polarized light has been used to observe polarization instabilities due to the optical Kerr effect in a low… 
1988
1988
Stretched-exponential relaxation of birefringence in a critical binary mixture.
Transient electric birefringence in near-critical binary mixtures is found to exhibit stretchedexponential relaxation of the form… 
1985
1985
Transient electrical birefringence characterization of heavy meromyosin.
Heavy meromyosin (HMM) and myosin subfragment 1 (S1) were prepared from myosin by using low concentrations of alpha-chymotrypsin… 
1973
1973
Electrical birefringence apparatus for conducting solutions.
Birefringence studies on conducting solutions are not easily performed for several experimental reasons; these difficulties are… 
1963
1963
METIN AND METACTOMYOSIN.
This study sought to explain the apparent role of calcium ions in muscle contraction, by searching for a component of muscle… 
1950
1950
Quenching stresses in transparent isotropic media and the photoelastic method
Introduction. It is well known that when a transparent non-crystalline solid, such as glass, is heated to a uniform temperature… 
1947
1947
Observations on the fluorescence, birefringence and histo chemistry of the human ovary during the menstrual cycle.
INTRODUCTION The lipids in the human ovary have been subjected to sporadic investigations during the present century. The earlier… 
1942
1942
The fluctuation of PH and organic acids in the rumen of the sheep.
1. The pH of the ingesta of the rumen varies in a regular manner; the speed and extent of the variation depends upon the diet. 2… 
1934
1934
NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA DIABETICORUM
In 1929, Oppenheim1presented the case of a man with diabetes who exhibited coin-sized, firm, flat red papules with a yellowish…