Dichroism

In optics, a dichroic material is either one which causes visible light to be split up into distinct beams of different wavelengths (colours) (not to be confused with dispersion), or one in which light rays having different polarizations are absorbed by different amounts.

"Dichroic" redirects here. For the filter, see dichroic filter. For the glass, see dichroic glass.
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