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Birefringence — Displacement of light rays with perpendicular polarization through a birefringent material … Wikipedia
birefringence — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary 1bi + refringent refracting, from Latin refringent , refringens, present participle of refringere to break up more at refract Date: 1898 the refraction of light in an anisotropic material (as… … New Collegiate Dictionary
birefringence — SYN: double refraction. * * * bi·re·frin·gence .bī ri frin jən(t)s n the refraction of light in an anisotropic material in two slightly different directions to form two rays bi·re·frin·gent jənt adj * * * n. the property possessed by some… … Medical dictionary
Zorica Pantic — Zorica Pantic, born circa 1951 in the former Yugoslavia, is a college administrator and professor of electrical engineering. In 2005 she was appointed the fourth president of Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston.Pantic was previously the… … Wikipedia
birefringent — Any material that has different refractive index according to the plane of polarisation of the light. The effect is to rotate the plane of the refracted light so that, using crossed Nicholl prisms (polarisers set at right angles to give complete… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Diffraction grating — A very large reflecting diffraction grating. In optics, a diffraction grating is an optical component with a periodic structure, which splits and diffracts light into several beams travelling in different directions. The directions of these beams … Wikipedia
Vector soliton — Among all the soliton considered, the optical soliton draws the most attention as it is possible to generate ultrafast pulses and has wider application. optical soliton can be classified as two groups:temporal soliton and spatial soliton.however … Wikipedia
protein — proteinaceous /proh tee nay sheuhs, tee i nay /, proteinic, proteinous, adj. /proh teen, tee in/, n. 1. Biochem. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the… … Universalium
Diamond simulant — Due to its low cost and close visual likeness to diamond, cubic zirconia has remained the most gemologically and economically important diamond simulant since 1976. The high price of gem grade diamonds, as well as significant ethical concerns of… … Wikipedia
Polarization — ( Brit. polarisation) is a property of waves that describes the orientation of their oscillations. For transverse waves, it describes the orientation of the oscillations in the plane perpendicular to the wave s direction of travel. Longitudinal… … Wikipedia
