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Optical anisotropy is the dependence of the optical properties of crystals on the polarization state of the light field. A brief overview is given on the description of the anisotropic optical effects in bulk semiconductor crystals and in low-dimensional semiconductor structures.
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Tsitsishvili, E. (2003). Optical Anisotropy in Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Structures. In: Di Bartolo, B. (eds) Spectroscopy of Systems with Spatially Confined Structures. NATO Science Series, vol 90. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0287-5_9
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