Plane of polarization
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Plane of polarization
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For light and other electromagnetic radiation, the plane of polarization is the plane spanned by the direction of propagation and either the electric vector or the magnetic vector, depending on the convention. It can be defined for polarized light, remains fixed in space for linearly-polarized light, and undergoes axial rotation for circularly-polarized light. Unfortunately the two conventions are contradictory. As originally defined by Étienne-Louis Malus in 1811, the plane of polarization coin
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Concept in optics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_of_polarization
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2024-01-08T21:41:34Z
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