Which outcome accompanies applying stress to birefringent polymers between crossed polarizers?

💡 Explanation

Stress induces changes in birefringence. This alters the polarization of light via photoelasticity, because stress changes the refractive indices along different axes. Therefore, distinct stress zones correlate to different polarized light wavelengths, which translate into colored fringes rather than uniform changes.

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