File:Photon Polarizer.webm
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A simulation of photons hitting a polarizer.
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English: Light waves bob up and down (or even spiral through space) in different directions, a property that scientists call their polarization. In the quantum world, light comprises bundles of discrete blips of energy called photons, and these photons are indivisible: They can't be broken into pieces. So when a photon hits a polarizer, it either goes through or it doesn't. (Not going through usually means that the photon is absorbed or reflected away.) In this graphic, the photon polarization angle sends a stream of photons through one polarizer. |
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| Source | https://quantumatlas.umd.edu/entry/measuring-polarization |
| Author | Sean Kelley/The Quantum Atlas |
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