these waves do not exhibit polarization. Transverse waves that exhibit polarization include electromagnetic waves such as light and radio waves, gravitational...

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...

An elliptically polarized wave may be resolved into two linearly polarized waves in phase quadrature, with their polarization planes at right angles to...

directions of polarization, and express any wave linearly polarized in any other direction as a linear combination (mixing) of those two waves. By combining...

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

terms of polarization, understanding light as a wave with field components in transverse polarization (perpendicular to the direction of the wave vector)...

optical filter that lets light waves of a specific polarization pass through while blocking light waves of other polarizations. It can filter a beam of light...

the polarization state of a light wave travelling through it. Two common types of waveplates are the half-wave plate, which rotates the polarization direction...

gravitational waves and any field theory that couples its constituents with the differential operators of vector analysis. Photon polarization Spin angular...

norm Polarization (Lie algebra) Polarization (physics), the ability of waves to oscillate in more than one direction, in particular polarization of light...

of polarization and phase of a single monochromatic wave, representing a pure state of polarization as described above. However any mixture of waves of...

light is a transverse wave, when no one realized that the waves were electric and magnetic fields. For the first time, polarization could be understood...

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

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

Brewster's angle (also known as the polarization angle) is an angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization is perfectly transmitted through...

circularly polarized waves propagating at slightly different speeds, a property known as circular birefringence. Since a linear polarization can be decomposed...

sensitive to polarization. Light waves that exhibit oscillation in a single plane are referred to as plane-polarized light waves. In such waves, the electric...

can be written as a linear superposition of plane-waves of different frequencies and polarizations. The treatment in this article is classical but, because...

electromagnetic waves, radio waves in a vacuum travel at the speed of light, and in the Earth's atmosphere at a slightly slower speed. Radio waves are generated...

right-handed circularly polarized waves, the difference in phase velocity causes the polarization direction of a linearly-polarized wave to rotate as it propagates...

vibration carries less risk of confusion than plane of polarization. For electromagnetic (EM) waves in an isotropic medium (that is, a medium whose properties...

problem Phase spectrum Phase velocity Phasor Polarization (waves) Coherence (physics), the quality of a wave to display a well defined phase relationship...

S1 and S2. The light waves may be considered to correspond to waves in the string. The polarizer S1 allows only those light waves which move in a single...

where the wave amplitude appears smaller or even zero. Waves are often described by a wave equation (standing wave field of two opposite waves) or a one-way...

The Stokes parameters are a set of values that describe the polarization state of electromagnetic radiation. They were defined by George Gabriel Stokes...

and interpretation of the polarization of transverse waves, most notably electromagnetic waves, such as radio or light waves. Typically polarimetry is...

is altered so the polarization state of incident light beam is changed. Therefore, Pockels cells are used as voltage-controlled wave plates as well as...

was also observed in transverse sound waves in quartz. Birefringence Wave surface Crystal optics Polarization Caustics Images of conical refractions...

The Babinet–Soleil compensator is a continuously variable, zero-order retarder. It consists of two birefringent wedges, one of which is movable, and another...

the current as electromagnetic waves (radio waves). In reception, an antenna intercepts some of the power of a radio wave in order to produce an electric...