Birefringence in Dispersive Media

Note that this project does not include video content.

visualization of birefringence

Description

Birefringence is a phenomenon where anisotropic crystals diffract light like a diffraction grating. This notebook develops visualizations to better understand how this phenomenon arises from such anisotropic crystals.

Birefringence in Dispersive Media (NB)

Courtesy of Eveline Postelnicu.