The optical singularities of birefringent dichroic chiral crystals

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 459, Issue 2033, 2003, Pages 1261-1292

  Berry, M V ^a   Dennis, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal optics; Degeneracies; Polarization; Singularities; Stereographic projection

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; POLARIZATION; STEREORADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 1542512381     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2003.1155     Document Type: Article

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