More Wave Behaviors
 of Light

 

Polarization - Filtering of a beam of light producing light that vibrates in only one plane

 

 

 

 

 

- proves light is a transverse wave
(can have many orientations)

 

 

 


This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain
by its author,  Rogilbert  at the French Wikipedia project

 

 

 

Grandpa John TV

 

 

 

 

 

 

Molecular Expressions

Polarization of Light - F.S.U.

 

 

Some sunglasses
are polarized

 

 

What's wrong with picture?

 

 

 

Wavelength of light is too small
to be polarized by a large opening

 


 

What does this tell you about the light
 from a computer screen?

LightLaptopYT.mov

St. Mary's Physics YouTube Channel

 

 

 

 

LCD projector - Explain this.

 

 

 

Each of the three primary colors has a unique orientation. The filter lets the light through that shares its orientation