Light is a transverse wave

This experiment deals with the nature of light, though we stick to a strictly classical description. Light is a wave in which an electric field propagates in vacuum or inside a medium. A magnetic field rides along. This experiment shows that the electric field is oriented perpendicular to the direction of propagation of light. Such as wave is called a transverse wave". We will use a laser, a pair of polarizers and a light dependent resistors to probe this phenomenon.