Case II . In the second case, the optics axis is parallel to the interface as shown in Fig 4.
For the s wave (having polarization perpendicular to the plane of incidence or
to the plane of the paper) the refractive index is no (and hence termed as ordinary wave) and the wave front will be spherical wave front as shown in fig 4. But for p wave the refractive index is ne (or it can be termed as extraordinary wave)and the wave front will be elliptical wave front. It can be drawn by plotting an ellipse with the major axis as c/ne along the direction of propagation and the minor axis as c/no along the optics axis. In this case, s and p wave will develop a relative phase difference while propagating the same length (physical ) in the crystal owing to different refractive indices.

Fig 4. Prpoagation of plane wave in uniaxial crystal when optics axis is oriented parallel to the plane of the paper and perpendicular to the direcytion of propagation.
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