light and other electromagnetic radiation, the plane of polarization is the plane spanned by the direction of propagation and either the electric vector or...

single direction. In circular or elliptical polarization, the fields rotate at a constant rate in a plane as the wave travels, either in the right-hand...

In electrodynamics, linear polarization or plane polarization of electromagnetic radiation is a confinement of the electric field vector or magnetic field...

electrodynamics, circular polarization of an electromagnetic wave is a polarization state in which, at each point, the electromagnetic field of the wave has a constant...

known as polarization rotation or circular birefringence, is the rotation of the orientation of the plane of polarization about the optical axis of linearly...

first law of reflection (first law of refraction, respectively). The orientation of the incident light's polarization with respect to the plane of incidence...

passes through a sample of a compound in solution.: 2–65  Compounds which rotate the plane of polarization of a beam of plane polarized light clockwise...

aperture) and the direction of maximum radiation. The electric field or "E" plane determines the polarization or orientation of the radio wave. For a vertically...

introduced the term plane of polarization. In the case of polarization by reflection, his "plane of polarization" was the plane of the incident and reflected...

polarization is the polarization of electromagnetic radiation such that the tip of the electric field vector describes an ellipse in any fixed plane intersecting...

oscillates in the defined plane of the polarizer may pass through. That plane is called the plane of polarization. The plane of polarization is turned by optically...

is the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light. These optically anisotropic...

Photon polarization is the quantum mechanical description of the classical polarized sinusoidal plane electromagnetic wave. An individual photon can be...

on the Earth-Moon-Earth path. The plane of polarization of radio waves rotates as they pass through ionized layers of the Earth's atmosphere. This effect...

field is in the plane of incidence. The p polarization refers to polarization of the electric field in the plane of incidence (the xy plane in the derivation...

material has a slightly rotated plane of polarization. It is similar to the Faraday effect where the plane of polarization of the transmitted light is rotated...

component of polarization (perpendicular or parallel to the plane of incidence), and the shifts vary with the angle of incidence. The explanation of this effect...

is called the Faraday effect: the plane of polarization can be rotated, forming a Faraday rotator. The results of reflection from a magneto-optic material...

self-consistent field level of theory. In the next level, additional functions are added to describe polarization of the electron density of the atom in molecules...

light waves of a specific polarization pass through while blocking light waves of other polarizations. It can filter a beam of light of undefined or...

"achiral". As polarized light passes through a chiral molecule, the plane of polarization, when viewed along the axis toward the source, will be rotated clockwise...

of polarization of a beam of light, whereas the dextrorotatory form (the (+)-form) will rotate clockwise on the plane of polarization of a beam of light...

superposition of plane-waves of different frequencies and polarizations. The treatment in this article is classical but, because of the generality of Maxwell's...

blocked. Thus the polarization direction can be used to map the galactic magnetic field. The degree of polarization is on the order of 1.5% for stars at...

the plane of polarization of linearly polarized light is rotated when the light rays travel along the magnetic field direction in the presence of a transparent...

failed to detect, the rotation under the influence of magnetic force of the plane of polarization in certain gases and vapours. Work was performed by...

to Optical rotation, when looking at the source of light, the rotation of the plane of polarization may be either to the right (dextrorotary — d-rotary...

theory of the magnetic rotation of the plane of polarization of light" (part 2), American Journal of Mathematics, vol. 3, nos. 1–2, pp. 89–113, March...

components of polarization, by means of two total internal reflections. If the incident beam is linearly polarized at 45° to the plane of incidence and...

equinox, the band of maximal polarization is defined by the north-zenith-south plane, or meridian. In particular, the polarization is vertical at the...