Answer to Question #164096 in Optics for Daarren

Question

 Describe two distinctly different methods of producing plane-polarized light.

Answer 1

The two main methods of producing plane polarized light are:-

1.Polarization By Polaroid filter:-

The most common method of polarization involves the use of a Polaroid filter. Polaroid filters are

made of a special material that is capable of blocking one of the two planes of vibration of an e

electromagnetic wave.

2.Polarization by Scattering:-

Polarization also occurs when light is scattered while traveling through a medium. When light strikes

the atoms of a material, it will often set the electrons of those atoms into vibration. The vibrating

electrons then produce their own electromagnetic wave that is radiated outward in all directions.