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💎 Birefringence Bench: Double Refraction, Walk-off and Interference Colours

Interactive 3D optical bench with a Blender-made calcite rhomb, polarisers and screen: ordinary and extraordinary refraction solved in full vector form, Poynting walk-off, retardation and interference colour, with five numerical checks.

Optics & Light3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender⇄ 2D version
Birefringence Bench: Double Refraction, Walk-off and Interference Colours ↗ Open standalone
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Interactive 3D optical bench with a Blender-made calcite rhomb, polarisers and screen: ordinary and extraordinary refraction solved in full vector form, Poynting walk-off, retardation and interference colour, with five numerical checks.

birefringencecalcitepolarisationordinary rayCanvas 2D

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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