Which phenomenon prevents total internal reflection inside a birefringent crystal?

💡 Explanation

Polarization mode dispersion causes different polarization components to travel at different speeds, therefore the light does not maintain a consistent angle of incidence, rather than exhibiting perfect reflection at the boundary as it would otherwise.

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