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Teledyne DALSA - Linea HS2 11/24 LB
Photonics Dictionary

extinction

1. The near total absorption of plane-polarized light by a polarizer that has an axis perpendicular to the plane of polarization. 2. The decrease in the intensity of a diffracted beam resulting from the perfection or near-perfection of a crystal's structure.
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