Physics · Wave Optics
A monochromatic linearly polarized light wave is incident normally on a birefringent calcite crystal. The wavelength of the wave is 590 nm and the refractive indices of the crystal along the ordinary and extraordinary axes are 1.66 and 1.49, respectively. If the thickness of the crystal is 434 nm, what will be the polarization state of the light that emerges from the crystal?
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- 1Elliptically polarized✓
- 2Circularly polarized
- 3Linearly polarized but along a different axis than the incident light
- 4Linearly polarized along the same axis as the incident light
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Elliptically polarized
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