Which risk increases when circularly polarized laser light experiences stress-induced birefringence?

💡 Explanation

A material under stress exhibits birefringence and will alter the polarization state. The incident circularly polarized light will become elliptically polarized because the stress causes variations in refractive index, therefore causing the change rather than linear repolarization.

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