Student Manual | ![]() 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. |
Experiment Code | 1.22 |
Version | Version: 2018-v1 |
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Pictorial Procedure
- Picture of the assembled apparatus without optically active solution
- Picture of the assembled apparatus with optically active solution
- Make sure the laser is aligned with the polarizers
- Use the angular dial to change the polarization angle
- Please adhere to strict safety conduct