ordinary ray

A birefringent material will split light incident at a non-zero angle to its optic axis into two rays with orthogonal linear polarization states. The refractive index experienced by one of the rays will be constant and it undergoes refraction as expected, obeying Snell's law.

See also: birefringence , extraordinary ray , polarized light , polarized light microscopy , Snell's law

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複屈折の原理

分子的に規則正しい配列を持つ透明な物質で発生する、光の二重屈折について