22 February 2020

Malus Law


Shining a light through two polarising lenses. The first cuts out all the light except in one plane. Rotating the other into a plane at 90 degrees, can wipe out the other. Try looking at a led TV screen (polarised light) with polarising lenses and see what happens as you rotate them.

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