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Polarizer HTML5

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Summary

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

Click and drag the slider to change the orientation of polarizer II.
Rollover the electric field vectors to reveal the polarization plane.

Learning goals

  • To illustrate the polarization property of light.
  • To illustrate how a polarizer works.