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Optic axis

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Electromagnetism Maxwell equations Maxwell equations in matter Linear anisotropic dielectric Birefringence Uniaxial optical medium
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The symmetry direction of a uniaxial optical medium. For a wavevector along it, the two refractive indices coincide: there is no birefringence for that propagation direction, even though ne​=no​.

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