English: In a birefringent crystal, at each frequency and direction correspond two possible values of the wavenumber, as the surface of allowed k-vectors has two sheets.
For some special directions these two values are degenerate (optic axes).
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Surface of the allowed k-vectors at a fixed frequency for a biaxial crystal.
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