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Conical Refraction in Crystal Optics and Hydromagnetics
When light propagates with the wave normal in the direction of an optic axis of a biaxial crystal, the usual ray theory breaks down. This phenomenon can be analyzed by means of an asymptotic solution of Maxwell's equations. The intensity is governed by a partial differential equation within the phase surfaces, instead of ordinary differential equations along rays. This example slows that light does not always propagate along rays. A similar phenomenon occurs in hydromagnetics.
Date:
April 22, 1960
Creator:
Ludwig, Donald
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The UNT Digital Library