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Mothrog
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Anyone know why circularly polarized light, when observed after passing through a linear polarizer, would exhibit minima in intensity? It would seem to me that, since the linear polarizer only allows a particular plane of vibration through, and the circularly polarized light rotates about with a given angular frequency, that integrated over a period you'll just see a constant amplitude independant of the polarizer's angle. So, what gives?