https://physlab-wiki.com/ 2026-04-16T20:59:44+00:00 https://physlab-wiki.com/ https://physlab-wiki.com/lib/tpl/UChicago/images/favicon.ico text/html 2025-05-05T13:33:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://physlab-wiki.com/phylabs/lab_courses/phys-140-wiki-home/spring-experiments/polarization-lab/start?rev=1746466428&do=diff Polarization - PHYS143 (Updated April 2025) Introduction ---------- Waves In the discussion of wave propagation on stretched strings, it was pointed out that the vibration or displacement of the wave was transverse, i.e., perpendicular to the direction of wave travel. Longitudinal$z$$xz$$\mathbf{d} = A_x \sin\left(2\pi f\left(t-\dfrac{z}{c}\right)\right)\hat{\mathbf{x}}$$\mathbf{d}$$x$$A_x$$\hat{\mathbf{x}}$$x$$xz$$z$$yz$$\mathbf{d} = A_y \sin\left(2\pi f\left(t-\dfrac{z}{c}\right)\right)…