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Can polarized light be recovered after passing through multiple mediums?
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[QUOTE="Dr. Courtney, post: 5455690, member: 117790"] In most cases (camera filters, sunglasses) light is polarized by filtering out the light of the other polarization and passing only the desired polarization. So, if you have unpolarized light coming into the filter, you have (at most) 50% polarized light being transmitted. The rest is reflected or (usually) absorbed. You may be able to turn the polarized light that was transmitted back into unpolarized light, but the 50% (or more) that was reflected or absorbed is gone for all practical purposes. I suppose if it is reflected, you can try and set up an optical system of mirrors to catch it and recombine it again. [/QUOTE]
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