Linear polarization Definition and 17 Threads

I guess that, from a statistical perspective, the linear polarization of pulsars is positively correlated with their brightness. Has there been any relevant paper discussing this issue?

First of all, I apologize if I use incorrect terminology or I express myself poorly, I am trying my best. That said, I hope you guys are smart enough to understand me despite my shortcomings I know that calcite has birefringence, and I know that if you take calcite crystals and cut them and...

Two waves are linearly polarized. The electric field of one wave is aligned with the x-axis and the other is aligned with the y-axis. In the absence of matter that might change the polarization, can these waves interfere with each other?

Hello, I am having a bit of trouble understanding the concept of Rayleigh scattering as it relates to light from the sun. My book states that unpolarized light will hit the atmosphere, and the scattered light will be mainly horizontally polarized, while the unscattered light remains...

I was reading this text where they state: "Many cosmic masers are observed to have both circular and linear polarization although the reasons for linear polarization are not well understood." Just curious, aren't there any molecules such as OH, CH4, or water masers that have transitions that...

I have a very basic question regarding jones matrixes. So for Linear polarized light in the x direction the jones matrix would be (1,0) And for linear polarized light in the y direction the jones matrix would be (0,1) But when light is linearly polarized in a 45 degree angle from the x-axis...

I would like to measure the DoLP of outside daylight at the horizon with the sun overhead (midday in summer). Found this equation: DoLP = (reflectanceS - reflectanceP) / (reflectanceS + reflectanceP) Where S and P are defined: “The two orthogonal polarization planes are s, perpendicular to the...

I am trying to solve a problem my camera exhibits. It has a sensor with 6000x3376 pixels. HD video is 1920x1080. In order to reduce the amount of information to the processor the camera throws away 2 out of 3 pixel lines. this creates a problem with thin lines tike telephone lines and makes...

Dear All: I have recently encountered a small question regarding the determination of the degree of circular polarization of light. In an optical experiment, we are trying to create a circular polarized light beam by passing a HeNe-laser through a linear polarizer and a quarter wave plate (in...

Hi, I understand that the α in the form below refers to angle of E-vector to the horizontal. and that a jones vector should be represented this way: I tried to represent the linearly polarized sin & cos form in the jones vector form I know I'm doing something wrong because a linearly...

Homework Statement Unpolarized light is reflected internally in the point P in a glass prism. When the prism is located in air, β is the critical angle of total reflection. I am going to calculate for the following problems: a) If the prism is submerged into water the reflected light becomes...

I'm a grad student and I got some recent results that I can't figure out. Thought I would post a question and see if I can get a quick answer. I'm taking pictures of polarized system. Using a normal linear polarized filter that has a slip ring, so I take a picture, rotate the slip ring a...

Question 1 Basically I have no idea how to calculate the z part of the equation since x and y are assumed to be propagating in the z direction.

what happens to the magnetic field during linear polarization and what happens exactly?

Hi, is a linear polarizer acting like an active element that rotates polarization angle or is it just a passive element? I wonder about this because there is this experiment with three polarizers, where two of them are rotated 90 degree to each other so no light can pass through, and then...

Hello, I am trying to decompose |(pi/2)+\vartheta> into canonical basis. I have done it for |\vartheta> but i am unsure about what to do with the pi/2. Given |theta> = (cos\vartheta sin\vartheta) I was thinking that pi/2 becomes (0 i) and I would add the two vectors together. Any help would...

Homework Statement Long dielectric cylinder of radius R carries a built-in electrostatic polarization P that is linearly proportional to the distance to the axis, P=\alphar, P is directed along the radius-vector r. Cylinder is being rotated around the axis with angular velocity \omega...