Homework Assignment #12
Polarization
What you will learn from this
section
- what we mean by polarized light
- how polarized light is produced
- why polarizing sunglasses block
glare
- why the sky changes hue when viewed through
polarizing sunglasses
- optics vocabulary for this
section:
- randomly polarized light
- linearly polarized light
- transmission axis
- Rayleigh scattering
- Brewster's angle
- birefringence
How to approach this material
- Read chapter 7, Polarization.
- Visit these web sites for more
information.
- Do the homework problems in this
folder.
If you have questions
- Send an email
- Post a question in the discussion
forum
- Talk with a mentor, or another student (we
learn best when we help each other!)
- Stop by the Virtual Classroom during posted
office hours
When you are finished
- Email your homework
to me by the due date. (see the assignment folder)
- Check the calendar for the due date for the
lab.