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Circular Polarization Anonymous Tue Dec 3 15:54:02 2019 No.11196453 [Reply] [Original]

how is light made to move so that the em field rotates while the image stays steady

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 3 15:57:57 2019 No.11196463 File: 20 KB, 356x374, 1573682846617.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11196453 pass the light through a waveplate you could have googled this

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 3 16:07:25 2019 No.11196491 >>11196463 I see, but why would putting the waves out of phase by 90° cause the field vectors to rotate?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 3 16:17:07 2019 No.11196516 >>11196491 solve maxwell's equations and find out. or, watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YkfEft4p-w

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 3 16:21:42 2019 No.11196525 >>11196516 ty based anon

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 3 16:23:10 2019 No.11196528 >>11196525 yw <3 Next time, >>>/sci/sqt/