Difference between revisions of "Interference color"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A pattern of colors created when two offset vectors of white light are recombined and some wavelengths are amplified while others diminished. Interference colors will be seen in [ | + | A pattern of colors created when two offset vectors of white light are recombined and some wavelengths are amplified while others diminished. Interference colors will be seen in [[Anisotropy|anisotropic]] crystals and fibers examined under crossed polars. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 14:21, 16 January 2014
Description
A pattern of colors created when two offset vectors of white light are recombined and some wavelengths are amplified while others diminished. Interference colors will be seen in anisotropic crystals and fibers examined under crossed polars.
Synonyms and Related Terms
polarization color
Authority
- Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, The Particle Atlas, W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972