Conical diffraction: Observations and theory

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

Volumn 462, Issue 2070, 2006, Pages 1629-1642

  Berry, M V ^a   Jeffrey, M R ^a   Lunney, J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Conical refraction; Crystal optics; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749461310     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2006.1680     Document Type: Article

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