Optics > Polarization DCS# 6H20.10

POLARIZATION BY REFLECTION



APPARATUS
glass plate blackened on back surface 202-21-E6
wooden support 101-08-C
slide projector 202-09-F
aluminum slide with circular aperture 202-09-C2
polarizer 202-21-E6


DESCRIPTION
Reflect beam of light off glass plate at Brewster's angle onto a screen or the ceiling.  Rotate the polarizer in beam to show that light is plane polarized.

Place polarizer in beam of projector and vary the angle of the glass plate.


NOTES

Glass is blackened to reduce reflection off second surface.