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Polarizer
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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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