Irodov Problem 5.187

Physics · optics

Problem

Explain how, using a Polaroid and a quarter-wave plate made of positive uniaxial crystal (ne > no), to distinguish (a) light with left-hand circular polarization from that with right-hand polarization; (b) natural light from light with circular polarization and from the composition of natural light and that with circular polarization.

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