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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by John G. Webster, Halit Eren
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1921 pages
82h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
49-1
49.1 Basic Concepts of Polarization
Polarization of light is a property of electromagnetic (EM) waves, which include heat, microwaves,
radio waves, and x-rays. An EM wave has orthogonal electric and magnetic elds associated with it that
vi
brate
in di
rections
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rpendicular
to th
e
di
rection
of pr
opagation
. e el
ectric eld
of a sin
usoidal
EM
wave, in particular, can always be decomposed into two orthogonal components; each component has
an amplitude and a phase. e amplitude is the maximum value of the eld component, and the light
in
tensity
is pr
oportional
to th
e
sq
uare
of th
e
am
plitude
. e ph
ase,
re
ferred
to a x
ed
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sition
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me, ...
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