Answer to Question #154129 in Optics for Max

Question

Polarization of a wave is

A. direction of electric field

B. direction of magnetic field at some fixed point in space

C. either (a) or (b)

D. none of the above

Answer 1

A. direction of electric field

This is because a type of wave such as electromagnetic wave contains two rotating fields which are electric field and magnetic field which intersect each other at right angles therefore, in accordance to polarization, electromagnetic waves follows the direction of the electric field.