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← ScienceWhich risk increases when birefringent material optical properties drift?
A)Interference mismatch causes data errors✓
B)Reduced numerical aperture causes blur
C)Wavelength shift changes color tuning
D)Chromatic aberration impacts resolving power
💡 Explanation
Changing birefringence affects polarization state because the phase retardation mechanism changes signal polarization. Therefore interference reduces due to this wavelength-dependent variable state, rather than simply a uniform blur or color shift across a data stream.
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