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    two possible conical refractions, one internal and one external. For internal refraction, there are 4 directions, and for external refraction, there are...
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    (double refraction) of "Iceland crystal" (transparent calcite), on the assumption that the secondary waves are spherical for the ordinary refraction (which...
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  • crystals is covered in the following sections: double refraction, rotary polarization, conical refraction, absorption and pleochroism, luminescence, fluorescence...
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  • Thumbnail for William Rowan Hamilton
    would emerge as a hollow cone of rays. This discovery was known as conical refraction. Hamilton found it from the geometry of the wave surface introduced...
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    disputes with Hamilton. In 1832, Hamilton published a prediction of conical refraction. In 1833, MacCullagh claimed that it is a special case of a theorem...
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    Birefringence, also called double refraction, is the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation...
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    only the ordinary refraction in the second, while the extraordinary ray emerging from the first suffers only the extraordinary refraction in the second....
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    physicists. The younger Lloyd is known for experimentally verifying conical refraction, a theoretical prediction made by William Rowan Hamilton about the...
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    Dublin from 1831 to 1843. Lloyd is known for experimentally verifying conical refraction, a theoretical prediction made by William Rowan Hamilton about the...
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  • spherical, instead of conical, the condition is referred to as lentiglobus. It produces a decrease in visual acuity and irregular refraction that cannot be corrected...
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    Keratoconus (redirect from Conical cornea)
    silicone hydrogel lenses. A soft lens has a tendency to conform to the conical shape of the cornea, thus diminishing its effect. To counter this, hybrid...
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    exceeded. Refraction is generally accompanied by partial reflection. When waves are refracted from a medium of lower propagation speed (higher refractive index)...
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    polarization is deviated by different refraction only: Rochon prism Sénarmont prism Both polarizations are deviated by refraction: Wollaston prism Nomarski prism...
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    characteristics, in particular in understanding the phenomenon of conical refraction. He and Richard Burt Melrose pioneered the study of paired Lagrangian...
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    transmissive optical device that focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while...
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    {c^{2}z^{2}}{x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}-c^{2}w^{2}}}=0} They are used in the treatment of conical refractions. Bateman, H. (1910), "Kummer's quartic surface as a wave surface...
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    interface between a medium with refractive index n1 and a second medium with refractive index n2, both reflection and refraction of the light may occur. The...
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  • the prediction of a new phenomenon called The Cherenkov analogue of conical refraction. A surprising system of intersecting Cherenkov rings in a biaxial...
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    'brilliant' is also used for a diamond cut in this fashion. The underside is conical, a shape that provides maximal light return through the top of the diamond...
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    creating bubbles or nodes where the plastic has a different index of refraction. Glass block bubblegrams of Russian origin entered international commerce...
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  • Radial keratotomy (category Refractive surgeries)
    been well documented. There is a significant increase in the cycloplegic refraction as well as corneal thickness measurements in RK corneas exposed to high...
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    the permeability and n ( ω ) {\displaystyle n(\omega )} is the index of refraction of the material the charged particle moves through. q {\displaystyle q}...
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    a lens is often described in terms of pencils of rays. In addition to conical and cylindrical pencils, optics deals with astigmatic pencils as well....
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    after which further restoration work took place. In 1875, the tower's conical roof was destroyed during a storm. It remained without this roof for the...
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  • Scattering albedo equations have yet to be determined in elliptical, toroidal, conical, and many others. Derivation and solutions to such equations is a field...
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    simple lenses of equal power, and so will not correct refraction problems like astigmatism or refractive or prismatic variations between the left and right...
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    oil using the refraction seismic method in 1924. The 1924 discovery of the Orchard salt dome in Texas led to a boom in seismic refraction exploration along...
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    line or a boundary between optical mediums with a low and high index of refraction, like at a glass surface. The reflected waves cause standing waves in...
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    works were carried out by the Board's workers under his inspection. The conical tower of cut granite was painted white. The original light was a fixed...
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    of pursuit will affect the fish's perception of the bird due to light refraction in the water. It is thought that these tigerfish will pursue the bird...
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