Difference between revisions of "Polarized light"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | Light in which all vibrations are parallel to one plane. [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=daylight Natural light], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=solar | + | Light in which all vibrations are parallel to one plane. [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=daylight Natural light], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=solar%20radiation sunlight] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=artificial%20light artificial light] , is incoherent meaning it contains wave vibrations from all different directions. Polarized light is a single orthogonal component whose vibration vector travels in one direction. Light can be separated, or plane polarized, using [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=reflected%20light reflection], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=refracted%20light refraction], or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=dichroism dichroic] characteristics of a mirror, crystal, or filter. Materials which have two different path lengths depending on the direction of the polarized light are said to be [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=birerefringent birerefringent]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
| − | "polarization; optisk polarisering (Dan.); Polarisiertes Licht (Deut.); | + | "polarization; optisk polarisering (Dan.); Polarisiertes Licht (Deut.); lumière polarisée (Fr.); polarizzazione (It.); polarisatie (Ned.); polaryzacja (Pol.); polarização (Port.) |
== Authority == | == Authority == | ||
| − | * | + | * R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, ''Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia'', Dover Publications, New York, 1966 |
| − | * | + | * Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, ''The Particle Atlas'', W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972 |
* Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarization (Accessed Sept. 20, 2005) | * Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarization (Accessed Sept. 20, 2005) | ||
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Description
Light in which all vibrations are parallel to one plane. Natural light, sunlight and artificial light , is incoherent meaning it contains wave vibrations from all different directions. Polarized light is a single orthogonal component whose vibration vector travels in one direction. Light can be separated, or plane polarized, using reflection, refraction, or dichroic characteristics of a mirror, crystal, or filter. Materials which have two different path lengths depending on the direction of the polarized light are said to be birerefringent.
Synonyms and Related Terms
"polarization; optisk polarisering (Dan.); Polarisiertes Licht (Deut.); lumière polarisée (Fr.); polarizzazione (It.); polarisatie (Ned.); polaryzacja (Pol.); polarização (Port.)
Authority
- R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966
- Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, The Particle Atlas, W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarization (Accessed Sept. 20, 2005)
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000