Conical Refraction in Naphthalene Crystals

Raman, CV and Rajagopalan, VS and Nedungadi, TMK (1941) Conical Refraction in Naphthalene Crystals. In: Nature, 147 . p. 268.

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Abstract

The birefringence of many organic crystals of the aromatic class is large, and when the intermediate index differs widely from the upper and lower indexes, the angles of internal and external conical refraction assume very high values.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Nature
Publisher:	Nature Publishing
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Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2008 05:45
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:51
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/16333

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