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Carl Rod Nave
This Hyperphysics site from Georgia State University shows what happens when birefringent materials are viewed through crossed polarizers. The production of the colors is explained and is illustrated in a photograph. Links provide information on related polarization concepts.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=8494">Nave, Carl Rod. Hyperphysics: Polarization and Interference Colors. December 10, 2007.</a>
![]() C. Nave, (2006), WWW Document, (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/polint.html#c1).
![]() C. Nave, Hyperphysics: Polarization and Interference Colors (2006), <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/polint.html#c1>.
![]() Nave, C. (2007, December 10). Hyperphysics: Polarization and Interference Colors. Retrieved March 22, 2025, from http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/polint.html#c1
![]() Nave, Carl Rod. Hyperphysics: Polarization and Interference Colors. December 10, 2007. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/polint.html#c1 (accessed 22 March 2025).
![]() Nave, Carl Rod. Hyperphysics: Polarization and Interference Colors. 2006. 10 Dec. 2007. 22 Mar. 2025 <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/polint.html#c1>.
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Title = {Hyperphysics: Polarization and Interference Colors},
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Number = {22 March 2025},
Month = {December 10, 2007},
Year = {2006}
}
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