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Polarization of light

Modern Optics Podcast by Peter Beyersdorf

Apr 24, 200800:56:42Education

We look at the vectorial nature of light and describe polarization in terms of Jones vectors

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Polarization of light is an episode from Modern Optics Podcast by Peter Beyersdorf. We look at the vectorial nature of light and describe polarization in terms of Jones vectors The episode was published on Apr 24, 2008 and runs for 00:56:42...

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