Polarization | Physics with Professor Matt Anderson | M25-15

EM waves have a certain parameter called polarization which is super important for all sorts of applications quantum computing, radar, and sunglasses (you've probably heard of polarized sunglasses). Let's dig in.
Physics with Professor Matt Anderson

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[@yoprofmatt]

Hello to another Fanderson™ in India! Thanks for the comment, and glad to be of help. Cheers. Dr. A

[@fizixx]

Kewl....didn't know that about the movies!

[@yoprofmatt]

I was also surprised to learn this. Cheers. Dr. A

[@jetpaq]

Which direction is the glare polarized??

[@fizixx]

Usually, unpolarized light is polarized in the plane of the surface it's reflects from. So, light from a lake, table, floor, road, etc is polarized horizontally.

[@yoprofmatt]

Correct. That's why your polarized sunglasses block horizontally polarized light. Allows you to cut through the glare. Cheers. Dr. A