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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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2013
2013
Strong Birefringence Tuning of Optical Waveguides With Femtosecond Laser Irradiation of Bulk Fused Silica and Single Mode Fibers
Birefringence tunability is demonstrated in waveguides formed in bulk fused silica and in the core of single mode fibers, by… 
1992
1992
Analysis of etching-induced birefringence changes in elliptic core fibers.
A mathematical model is presented that predicts birefringence changes in an optical fiber as the cladding is removed. This model… 
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… 
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… 
1973
1973
Electrical birefringence apparatus for conducting solutions.
Birefringence studies on conducting solutions are not easily performed for several experimental reasons; these difficulties are… 
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… 
1948
1948
Studies on double refraction of flow; human serum gamma-globulin and crystallized bovine serum albumin.
1947
1947
Studies on double refraction of flow; human fibrinogen and fraction I of human plasma.
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…