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Summary

Starting with an elliptically polarized beam of light, the polarizer transforms this incident beam into a linearly polarized one.

Learning objectives
  • To illustrate the polarization property of light.
  • To illustrate how a polarizer works.
How to use the animation
Click and drag the slider to change the orientation of polarizer II.
Rollover the electric field vectors to reveal the polarization plane.
Keywords
light, polarization, polarisation, filter
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