208. The statements about birefringence are true except:A. the phenomenon that arises when light passes through an optically isotropic mediumB. the beams obtained by birefringence are completely linearly polarized, in perpendicular planes.C. the beam incident on a birefringent medium in general, decomposed into two beams of which an ordinary beam propagates according to the laws of geometric optics and an extraordinary beam that does not obey these lawsD. occurs in a large number of homogeneous substances (crystalline or amorphous), which are anisotropic for light phenomenaE. It is the basis of the operation of nicol prisms

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