Which consequence results when birefringence introduces quarter-wave retardation?

💡 Explanation

The **birefringence** mechanism, applied to incident linearly-polarized light, creates circular polarization because a relative phase retardation of λ/4 causes orthogonal polarization component shift. Therefore, circular polarization is achieved, rather than intensity shift, scattering gain, under any other condition.

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