Crystal optics is a science that studies the passage of light through crystals and other anisotropic media. Formed at the junction of two sciences - optics and crystal physics . Explores the laws of such phenomena as: polarization of light , pleochroism , birefringence , rotation of the plane of polarization, etc.
The founder of crystal optics in Russia is VV Arshinov, doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences
- CRYSTALLOOPTICS / Scientific and technical encyclopedic dictionary.
- Crystal optics / Big Soviet Encyclopedia. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia. 1969-1978.