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Brewster

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-000769

A unit of photoelastic stress, defined as 10^-12 square meters per newton (m^2/N). This unit quantifies the stress optical coefficient of a material, which describes how much the refractive index changes under mechanical stress. The Brewster constant is used in the design of optical components that experience mechanical loads.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-000769
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectOptics and imaging
TranslationsGerman: Brewster; Spanish: brewster; French: brewster
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A unit of photoelastic stress, defined as 10^-12 square meters per newton (m^2/N). This unit quantifies the stress optical coefficient of a material, which describes how much the refractive index changes under mechanical stress. The Brewster constant is used in the design of optical components that experience mechanical loads.",
  "subject": "Optics and imaging",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Brewster",
    "es": "brewster",
    "fr": "brewster"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/brewster/"
}

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