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In a linear birefringent crystal, if light enters parallel to a face that has been cut so that it is at an angle to the optical axis, the o-ray continues parallel to the face but the e-ray travels at an angle to the face in violation of Snell's Law.
Question --- Is there any explanation for the source cause of this violation?
(The answer is not the difference in index of refraction for the e-ray! The e-ray index can be higher or lower than that of the o-ray. It does alway bend the in-optical axis-plane polarized ray, but why not always bend the o-ray instead?)
Question --- Is there any explanation for the source cause of this violation?
(The answer is not the difference in index of refraction for the e-ray! The e-ray index can be higher or lower than that of the o-ray. It does alway bend the in-optical axis-plane polarized ray, but why not always bend the o-ray instead?)