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Radiation cooling causes a non-uniform temperature field in the glass sample. In this case, heat flow arises in the sample and generates mechanical stresses and, as a consequence, optical anisotropy and birefringence. Modulation polarimetry technique for birefringence measuring was used. Phase differences between orthogonal components of linearly polarized light are linearly dependent on a stress...