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Summary
| Description |
English: In a birefringent crystal, at each frequency and direction correspond two possible values of the wavenumber, as the surface of allowed k-vectors has two sheets.
For some special directions these two values are degenerate (optic axes). |
| Date | |
| Source | https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1194199575562739712 |
| Author | Jacopo Bertolotti |
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https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1030470604418428929 |
Mathematica 11.0 code
f = \[Omega]^2 c^2 e1 e2 e3 (\[Omega]^4 c^4 - \[Omega]^2 c^2 ((kx^2 + ky^2)/e3 + (kx^2 + kz^2)/e2 + (ky^2 + kz^2) e1) + (kx^2/(e2 e3) + ky^2/(e1 e3) + kz^2/(e1 e2)) (kx^2 +
ky^2 + kz^2)) /. {c -> 1, e1 -> 1, e2 -> 2, e3 -> 3, \[Omega] -> 1};
p1 = Table[
Show[
ContourPlot3D[{f == 0}, {kx, -2, 2}, {ky, -2, 2}, {kz, -2, 2}, ContourStyle -> Directive[Opacity[0.5], Orange], AxesLabel -> {"\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(k\), \(x\)]\)", "\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(k\), \(y\)]\)",
"\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(k\), \(z\)]\)"}, Mesh -> None, Ticks -> None, LabelStyle -> {Bold, Black}, RegionFunction -> Function[{kx, ky, kz}, kx < a], BoxRatios -> {1, 1, 1}]
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Graphics3D[{Black, Thick, Line[{2*{-1.24, 0, -0.68}, 2*{1.24, 0, 0.68}}], Line[{2*{-1.24, 0, 0.68}, 2*{1.24, 0, -0.68}}]}]
]
, {a, 1.8, 1.24, -0.05}];
p2 = Show[
ContourPlot3D[{f == 0}, {kx, -2, 2}, {ky, -2, 2}, {kz, -2, 2}, ContourStyle -> Directive[Opacity[0.5], Orange], AxesLabel -> {"\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(k\), \(x\)]\)", "\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(k\), \(y\)]\)",
"\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(k\), \(z\)]\)"}, Mesh -> None, Ticks -> None, LabelStyle -> {Bold, Black}, RegionFunction -> Function[{kx, ky, kz}, kx < 1.24], BoxRatios -> {1, 1, 1}]
,
Graphics3D[{Black, Thick, Line[{2*{-1.24, 0, -0.68}, 2*{1.24, 0, 0.68}}], Line[{2*{-1.24, 0, 0.68}, 2*{1.24, 0, -0.68}}]}]
];
p3 = Table[
Show[
ContourPlot3D[{f == 0}, {kx, -2, 2}, {ky, -2, 2}, {kz, -2, 2}, ContourStyle -> Directive[Opacity[0.5], Orange], AxesLabel -> {"\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(k\), \(x\)]\)", "\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(k\), \(y\)]\)",
"\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(k\), \(z\)]\)"}, Mesh -> None, Ticks -> None, LabelStyle -> {Bold, Black}, RegionFunction -> Function[{kx, ky, kz}, kx < a], BoxRatios -> {1, 1, 1}]
,
Graphics3D[{Black, Thick, Line[{2*{-1.24, 0, -0.68}, 2*{1.24, 0, 0.68}}], Line[{2*{-1.24, 0, 0.68}, 2*{1.24, 0, -0.68}}]}]
]
, {a, 1.24, 0.5, -0.05}];
ListAnimate[
Join[p1, Table[p2, 5], p3, Reverse[p3], Table[p2, 5], Reverse[p1] ] ]
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| current | 11:20, 14 November 2019 | | 360 × 368 (1.19 MB) | wikimediacommons>Berto | User created page with UploadWizard |
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